古谣谚 卷三十二

岱县人为功曹小吏语

何氏姓苑

九百小吏万功曹。

The official’s last name is nine hundred, and Gongcao’s last name is ten thousand.

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蓬州父老为吴几復歌

万姓统谱

使君来兮﹑父母鞠我。

礼化行兮﹑民无寒饿。

使君去兮﹑不可復留。

人意悵悵兮﹑泪双墮。

Wu Jifu had a great achievement and benefited his people when he was an official in Pengzhou. When he left, local people felt very sorrow.

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应劭引里语

汉官仪

任智不正车生咀。

Holding a post should be justice and competent for the duty.

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应劭引里谚

汉官仪逸文

仕宦不止﹑车生耳。

Officials should accumulate merits, then their authorities can last long.

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时人为石抱忠刘奇张询古许子儒语

御史台记逸文

有钱石下好。

无钱刘下好。

士大夫张下好。

硕学师刘子。

儒生用与言。

今年柿子屏遭霜。

为语石榴须早摘。

The persimmons are injured by frost this year, so the pomegranates should be picked up early.

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湖苏二郡人为牧掾语

衣冠盛事

湖接两头。

苏连三尾。

Two counties located in Huzhou are neighboring and two men coming from these two counties passed the highest imperial exam at the same time.

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河清县军民为王元规歌

州县提纲

第一奇。

民吏不识县儿。

The biggest surprise in the county is that common people do not know the son of the magistrate.

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吕居仁引谚论勤

官箴

劳心不如劳力。

To labor mentally is rather harder than to labor physically.

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吕居仁引谚论忍

官箴

忍事敌灾星。

Tolerance is the rival of fight.

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胡大初引谚

昼帘绪论

捉贼\须捉赃。

捉奸须捉双。

To catch the bandit should catch the booty; To catch the adultery should catch the couple.

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贺嶠妻于氏引鄙谚

通典

黄鸡生卵。

乌鸡伏之。

但知为乌鸡之子。

不知为黄鸡之儿。

Yellow hen lays eggs and black chick hatches. Metaphor: People only cares the result without knowing the origin.

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鸚鵡谷水世语

唐会要

此水清。

天下平。

The great harvest, and clear water in the valley are the sign of peaceful, flourishing age.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

左史谚

唐会要

螭头有水。

It is good time to mix prepared Chinese ink using the water dripped in the hornless dragon stages.

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淮人为徐协功许子中胡与可语

建炎以来朝野杂记

徐协恭。

许子中。

胡元功。

三人鼎足说脱空。

Xu Xiegong, Xu Zizhong and Hu Yuangong are powerful to arrange fields in south and north Huai river.

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澠水谚

通志

瘦马不渡澠水。

Tired horse can not pass Mian river because it’s current is rather rapid.

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时人为张敞语

通志

殴君马者路旁儿。

It is not unusual to kill the certain official’s horse, because the official does not have serious and powerful appearance.

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淳熙中梁宋间语

文献通考

黄河灾。

天水来。

The Yellow river is flooding, the Tianshui’s are coming.

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淳熙末莎衣道人歌

文献通考

胡孙死。

闹啾啾。

也须还我一百州。

The feudal princes fought each other after the King died, but the persons of integrity hoped the country peaceful.

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广明初都人语

文献通考

黄贼\打黑贼\。

Since Huangchao came into the capital the common people lived on yellow rice and black beans.

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北人为巍王谚

文献通考

寧违敕旨。

无违魏王白帖子。

People would rather disobey imperial orders than violate the king of Wei guo’s meaningless documents.

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两淮民为范【璁】歌

两淮盐法志

盐政奚废公未逢。

盐政奚兴逢我公。

范来早。

我人饱。

范来迟。

我人飢。

If Fan, who was in charge of south and north Huai river areas, assumed office early then the common people would not be suffered from hungry.

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戚继光引谚论人心

练兵实记

皇天不负好心人。

皇天不负苦心人。

Heaven never lets hardworkers and kind-hearted people down.

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戚继光引谚论死生

练兵实记

人是苦虫。

No one does not love life; No one does not fear death. However both life and death are controled by the God. There is a time for everything -- A time to be born and a time to die.

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戚继光引谚三则论货利

练兵实记

朱门生饿殍。

白屋出公卿。

儿孙自有儿孙福。

天不生无禄之人。

People born in rich family may die of famine; People born in common family may become the highest-rank official; Children have their own good furtunes.

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戚继光引东南谣语论兵患

练兵实记

贼\是木梳。

兵是竹篦。

Theives are like comb; Soliders are like double-edged comb who rob all kinds of things without anything left.

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戚继光引俗语论奉承

练兵实记

马上房子。

Some people are good at flattering the superior, but the words they said are against their own consciences.

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汤若望引谚

则克录

宝剑必付烈士。

奇方必须良医。

A double-edged sword should give the valiant ; An rare prescription must come from good doctor.