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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1. 將歸寂有偈

Title: 將歸寂有偈

Poet: 從朗

Corpus: Tang poetry

File: poet.tang.54000.json

三十年來住木陳，時中無一假功成。
有人問我西來意，展似眉毛作麽生。
（見《大正藏》本《景德傳燈錄》卷十一〖影宋本無〗、《五燈會元》卷四）。