Pre-Tang, Tang and Song poetry search

Pre-Tang poems in the corpus: 7,116. Pre-Tang poets: 1,098.
Tang poems in the corpus: 57,607. Tang poets: 3,663.
Song poems in the corpus: 254,248. Song poets: 8,934.

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Results: 1

1. 秦人謠

Title: 秦人謠

Poet: 古之奇

Corpus: Tang poetry

File: poet.tang.13000.json

微生祖龍代，却思堯舜道。
何人仕帝庭，拔殺指佞草。
姦臣弄民柄，天子恣衷抱。
上下一相蒙，馬鹿遂顛倒。
中國既板蕩，骨肉安可保。
人生貴年壽，吾恨死不早。