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Mountain of Wisdom
- Hong Kong University Press, HKU
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13 Mountain of Wisdom The scholars went up the hill like many ants, The students went up the hill like more ants, The Officials Drove up or were driven like bigger ants. All nibbled into the hills For grains of intellect. They slice and cut To renovate the mountain. They erect concrete towers To edify the Hong Kong citizenry, To impress their American friends. This new edifice Culls from nature Its greatest genius: Wisdom from wild winds, Knowledge from the drenching rain. Across the waters, Ma-On-Shan Boasts of neither art nor artifice. Its sleek lines Rise to peaks Then drop to valleys With less labour Than the parabolic curve. And ants crawl liberally there, without degrees. ...