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 jg\ X 4L 0N BEING ASKED WH ° HE IS

fo j3ll I call myself the Green Lotus Man;

I am a spirit exiled from the upper blue;

^^ *" For thirty years I've hid my fame in wine shops.

\ ^ho Warrior of Lake Province, why must you ask about me?

'°J Behold me, a reincarnation of the Buddha of Golden y v ^ Grain!

��2Vie Warrior of Lake Province happened to be a Buddhist and the speaker of the assembly of his sect. Hence, Li Po's witticism in referring to the Buddhist theology,

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