English translation by Elena Nistor and Loredana Manolache Pagoda in the mountains if you were a bamboo stalk you could be the pillar of a small pagoda in the mountains or just a pipe for an old unschooled man to smoke his everyday tobacco or opium in but if you were just a bamboo stalk you wouldn t...

English translation by Elena Nistor and Loredana Manolache Pagoda in the mountains if you were a bamboo stalk you could be the pillar of a small pagoda in the mountains or just a pipe for an old unschooled man to smoke his everyday tobacco or opium in but if you were just a bamboo stalk you wouldn t care if you were a pipe or a pilla