Pearls bring poverty to the Dragon Palace, and fat is scraped off the backs of common people. From "The Song of Wealth" by Li Xian. Explanation: The emperor's uncontrolled and crazy distribution of pearls, gold and silver to ministers caused the treasury to be empty. All these wealth were plundered from the hands of the people, causing the people to live in dire straits.
Pearls are priceless and jade is flawless. From the "Small Portrait of Dong Bai, the Famous Concubine in Borderlands" by Wu Weiye of the Qing Dynasty
The dew is like pearls and the moon is like a bow. From "Ode to the Dusk River" by Bai Juyi, a poet of the Tang Dynasty
Nagato has no need to wash himself, so why bother with pearls to soothe his loneliness. From Mei Fei's "Ode to the East"
The bright moon in the sea has tears, and the warm sun in Lantian produces smoke. From Li Shangyin's "Jin Se"
The rustling pearl wields the handle. I can't wake up from the new sorrow on my brow. Farewell, the wine has not been poured and the song has not been endured. From Lu Wei Lao's "Heavenly Fairy"
The curtain is hung with twelve pearls, and swallows come and go. From Ma Zhiyuan's "Little Taohong·Si Gongzi Zhai Fu·Xia"
Pearls must be born in the belly of clams...the longest they last, they are the most precious treasures. From Song Yingxing's "Tiangong Kaiwu·Pearls and Jade"
Nagato has no need to wash himself, so why bother with pearls to comfort his loneliness. From Mei Fei's "Loudong Ode"
Every pearl must be born in the belly of a clam...it will last the longest and become the most precious treasure. From Song Yingxing's "Tiangong Kaiwu·Zhuyu"
Li Xian (100-175), whose courtesy name was Yuan Zhuo, also said to be Yuan Zhen, was from Xiping, Runan County (now Xiping County, Henan Province). He once served as Gaomi Ling, and later moved to Xuzhou as governor. He also served as governor of Yuyang and served as general of Liao Dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, he worshiped his generals as Great Craftsman, Great Sinong, Great Honglu, and Imperial Servant. In the fourth year of Jianning (171), Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, he was appointed as Taiwei. In March of the second year of Emperor Xiping (173), Li Xian was dismissed from the post of Taiwei. He died in the fourth year of Xiping (175) at the age of 76 age. There is no biography of Li Xian in Fan Ye's "Book of the Later Han", and Li Xian's deeds are scattered in other people's biographies. Cai Yong, a great scholar of the Later Han Dynasty, once wrote the inscription "Taiwei Li Xian's Stele" for Li Xian (Zhang Pu's "Collection of One Hundred Three Masters of Han, Wei and Six Dynasties·Cai Zhonglang Collection" inscribed "Taiwei Runan Li Gong's Stele").