• The Old Man with a Broken Arm

  • Mar 22 2024
  • Length: 39 mins
  • Podcast

The Old Man with a Broken Arm

  • Summary

  • War: The curse of humanity. An old man with a wrangled & broken arm shares his story from youth, of being the lone surviving man in the entire region, of a long & bloody war in 8th century China that killed 10 million men over the course of decades.

    A story in the book of prose & poems by Po Ch'u I, a famous poet & Taoist of 8th century China. Translated by David Hinton.

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