(the) American (Novel of)

The Taciturn Tongue
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Mumon cited this poem by Master Unmon in his response to the following
koan: “A monk once asked Master Fuketsu, ‘Both speaking and silence are
concerned with ri-bi relativity. How can we be free and nontransgressing?’
Fuketsu said, ‘How fondly I remember Konan in March! The partridges are
calling, and the flowers are fragrant.’ ”