From Su Shi's (
苏轼, Northern Song)
定风波·
莫听穿林打叶声 (1082):
竹杖芒鞋轻胜马，
谁怕？
一蓑烟雨任平生。(With bamboo staff and straw sandals, lighter than any horse, who fears? In one straw cape, let a life of mist and rain come.) Written during exile in Huangzhou after the
乌台诗案 literary inquisition, a manifesto of Zen-inflected equanimity.
