古谣谚 卷二十二

张献忠陷蜀时街巷俚语

蜀碧

张家长。

李家短。

An idiomatic expression describing someone who likes to go to different households to gossip.

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沈荀蔚引童谣

蜀难敘略

生於燕子岭。

死在凤凰山。

A children’s song predicting the places of birth and death for bandit chief Zhang Xian Zong.

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崇禎癸未童谣

痛余杂录

劝你休时不肯休。

死在两县夹一州。

若还要取沅辰靖。

铁树开花水倒流。

A children’s song predicting the demise of a group of bandits.

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洪武癸丑童谣

二申野录

胡胖长。

官人不商量。

做官﹑没盘缠。

A children’s song stating that government positions were for sale.

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燕王未起兵时童谣

二申野录

烟烟。

北风吹上天。

团团旋。

窠裏乱。

北风来。

吹便散。

A children’s song predicting Prince Yaun’s overthrowing his nephew from the throne.

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建文帝种菜歌

二申野录

菜根青兮。

菜色辛兮。

菜兮菜兮。

似余情兮。

A song sung by Emperor Jian Wen when he was growing vegetables, after being expelled frompower by his uncle. The words express his bitter feelings for having become a gardener.

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正统己巳童谣

二申野录

牛儿呵莽著。

黄花地裏倘著。

你也忙。

我也忙。

伸出角来七尺长。

清俊小后生。

青布衫。

白直身。

好个人。

屈死在鷂儿岭。

A children’s song sung during the Zheng Tong era of Ming’s Emperor Ying. The notes do notexplain the implication of this song. The song was about a cow lying on a yellow flower bed, anda handsome man died for no good reason on a hill.

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正德丙寅北京童谣

二申野录

马倒不用喂。

鼓破不用张。

A song sung by people of Bei Jing predicting that four court officials would be expelled frompower.

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正德己巳川蜀童谣

二申野录

强贼\放火。

官军抢火。

贼\来梳我。

军来篦我。

A children’s song sung in modern day Si Chuan about how government troops, which weresupposed to fight off the bandits, actually gave the people more misery than the bandits did.

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海鱼谚

二申野录

海熟田荒。

When the fish price is too low, the fishermen starve.

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嘉靖初童谣

二申野录

前头好个镜。

后头好个秤。

镜也不曾磨。

秤也不曾定。

嘉靖二年半。

秫黍磨成面。

东街咽瞪眼。

西街喫磨扇。

姐夫若要喫白面。

只待明年七月半。

太庙香炉跳。

午门石狮叫。

好黑头虫。

一半变蛤蚧。

一半变人龙。

A few children’s songs sung during the Jia Jing era of Ming’s Emperor Shi. The notes do not statethe implications of these songs.

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时人为胡明善张孚敬谣

二申野录

石产房州。

胡明善祸从地出。

星临井宿。

张孚敬灾自天来。

Words said about the misfortunes of two officials, Hu Ming Shan and Zhang Fu Jing.

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隆庆辛未天鼓谚

二申野录

天爆雉鸡叫。

有米没人要。

When there is thunder and chickens are calling, no one wants to buy rice.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

时人为张懋修张敬修语

二申野录

首甲幸有三人。

云胡仅此二子。

Words said about how Ming’s Emperor Shen gave the first place of the national service test to theson of his chief advisor, Zhang Ju Zheng, as a way of rewarding Zhang’s good work in thegovernment. In fact, everyone knew that this was an unfair practice.

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万历己亥上海民间谣

二申野录

天上鬼车叫。

城中放纸砲。

不知因甚来。

朝廷要纳钞。

A folk song in Shan Hai during the Wan Li era of Ming’s Emperor Shen concerning the strangeghostly noise that people heard. People explained that as an indication that the government wasincreasing tax rates and it came to be true.

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万历丙辰会试谚

二申野录

火龙无首。

Words said about the national civil service test during one year of the Wan Li era. This year,because of cheating, no one was listed as the winner of the first place of the test.

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崇禎辛巳杭城谚

二申野录

湖船底漏。

司厨刀绣。

梨园饿瘦。

上瓦下瓦。

抱裯远走。

Words said about the great famine that Hang Zhou was going through during one year of theCong Zhen era.