Hěnduō rén zhǐ jìde " qū jìng tōng yōu chù ", què bù zhīdao tā chūzì 《 Tí Pòshān Sì hòu chányuàn 》.
Many people remember 'a winding path leads to a secluded place' without knowing it comes from Inscribed at the Chan Hall Behind Poshan Temple.
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culture
Its famous couplet is 曲径通幽处，禅房花木深。 'A winding path leads to a secluded place; the meditation rooms lie deep among flowers and trees.' It gave the idiom 曲径通幽. Some editions begin the line with 竹径 'bamboo path' instead of 曲径 'winding path'.
history
Poshan Temple is today's 兴福寺 at the foot of Mount Yu in 常熟, Jiangsu. 常建 was an 8th-century Tang poet known for quiet poems of mountains and temples. 题 in a title means a poem written on the spot, often on a wall.
