Nine Monks
Misty ink-wash mountains

Nine Monks

Classical Chan poetry and related texts, translated with care. Chinese beside English, with notes for the space between.

藏

Library branches

Move from collection to monk, series to sutra, or into a living branch for occasional verse. The library is a tree, not a flat list.

希晝

From Shi Xizhou’s shelf: a first reading.

Monk shelf →

Hear when a translation arrives

Quiet notices when a new version is published. No clutter, only the work.