Recluse Panggong lived humbly on Mount Xian, treating his wife with full respect. He turned down Governor Liu Biao’s official offers, arguing seclusion brings lasting peace to descendants. Later he took his family to Mount Lumen to gather herbs and never came back.
–Meng Haoran For miles and miles I sail and float; High famed mountains are hard to seek. By riverside I moor my boat, Then I perceive the Censer Peak. Knowing the Monk Yuan’s life and way, I love his solitary dell. His hermitage not far away, I hear at sunset but the bell.