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: 2

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Title:

Poet: 弘忍

Corpus: Tang poetry

File: poet.tang.51000.json

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2. 五祖自詠（時復生再來）（此詩爲後人僞托。）

Title: 五祖自詠（時復生再來）（此詩爲後人僞托。）

Poet: 弘忍

Corpus: Tang poetry

File: poet.tang.51000.json

垂垂白髮下青山，七歲歸來改舊顏。
人却少年松却老，是非從此落人間。
（《弘治黃州府志》五《人物·仙釋》、同上七《藝文·黃梅縣》）。