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. 濁水求珠

Title: 濁水求珠

Poet: 呂價

Corpus: Tang poetry

File: poet.tang.43000.json

至寶誠難得，潛光在濁流。
深沈當處晦，皎潔庶來求。
綴履將還用，褰裳必更收。
蚌胎應自別，魚目豈能儔。
日彩逢高鑒，星光詎暗投。
不因今日取，泥滓出無由。