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. 偈

Title: 偈

Poet: 智寂

Corpus: Tang poetry

File: poet.tang.56000.json

以字不是八不成，森羅萬像此中明。
直饒巧說千般妙，不是謳阿（一作「漚和」）不是經。
（見《景德傳燈錄》卷二十二、《五燈會元》卷十五）。