《古谣谚》 卷二十七
时人为杨雄桓谭语
广舆记
玩杨子云之篇。乐於居千乘之官。挟桓君山之书。富於积猗顿之财。
Words said by Yang Xiong and Huan Tan’s contemporaries about their fortunes. Yang Xiong obtained the emperor’s admiration through his writing, and Huan Tan through giving the emperorgood advice.
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鑑湖谚
广舆记
水绕鑑湖弦。吉水出状元。
A saying about the area around Lake Jian, regarding how people from that area would be the winners of the government civil service test.
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庐陵民为刘竺歌
广舆记
公家无负租。私室有余粟。
A song sung by people of Lu Ling about Liu Zhu, their able official for twenty years. When he was governing Lu Ling, the government had no deficit and every household had extra foodstored.
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丁溪谚
广舆记
水画丁﹑罗簪缨。
A saying in Ding Xi on the coast of the southeast of China, predicting that someone would winthe first place of the government civil service test after a flood.
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湖广谚
地图综要
湖广熟。天下足。
When the area around Dong Ting Lake has a good harvest, the entire country hasenough food.
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颶风谚
地图综要
朝三暮七。昼不过一。
Words said about the typhoons that come for three to seven days on the coast of Guang Dong.
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诸生称陈选萧鸣凤语
一统志
陈泰山。萧北斗。Words said by students in the government university praising the virtue and good teaching skills of Chen Xuan and Xiao Ming Fong.
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上元民为霍韜程【节】歌
一统志
礼部霍韜天有日。上元程【节】月无云。
A song sung by people of Shang Yuan about Huo Tao and Cheng Jie, who had such kind policies for the people.
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时人为吴羽文谣
一统志
木化为人。人化为木。
A song sung by people about a famous official, Wu Yu Wen, in Yang Zhou. Wu had someone carve a wooden man that he used in a court session. When the wooden man was standing right outside the court, that meant there were no court cases held that day.
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绩溪南关桥水谚
一统志
九步流东水。
A folk saying about the county of Ji Xi’s Nan Guan bridge which is only nine steps away from another county.
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铜陵管山谚
一统志
青狮白象。为铜保障。
A folk saying about Mount Guan, which is shaped like a lion and an elephant. The saying says that this green tiger and white elephant is a geographical guard for the Tong Ling area.
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绩溪邑人为苏辙叶楠歌
一统志
前有苏黄门。后有叶令君。
A song sung by people of Ji Xi about two good officials.
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滁州丰山谚
一统志
丰山著帽。丰年之兆。When the top of Mount Fong has clouds shaped like a hat, it is an omen for a good harvest.
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广灵雅儿匯谚
一统志
寿民丹水。
A folk saying in Gaung Ling county for the healing power of the water from a local pond named: "Duck-Gathering."
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青州民为陈勛谣
一统志
去陈府。百姓苦。A song sung by people of Qing Zhou about their appreciation for their local official Chen Xu. If Chen Xu goes, the general population will suffer.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
商河聂家洼谚
一统志
十年九不收。一收胜十秋。
A folksaying in Nei Jia valley about the unpredictability of their harvest, which is affectedgreatly by flood. They may go without any harvest for nine years and once they have a goodharvest, it is better than ten years’ worth of harvests.
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温县百姓为沃墅歌
一统志
田野辟。沃公力。衣食足。沃公育。A song sung by people of Wen county about their good mayer Wo Shu, who enactedconstructive agriculture policy and ensured the people’s livelihood.
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巩昌民为戴浩歌
一统志
君侯守边。惠政无前。我行我道。荡荡便便。A song sung by people of Gong Chang concerning the good work of their official Dai Hao, who distributed government food without prior authorization in order to counteract a severe famine,and thus risked his own life. He was also able to eliminate bandits on the road so that peoplecould travel easily.
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时为赵登岳璿谣
一统志
贤守赵岳。治行卓犖。
A saying that people have for two governors of Hu Zhou, praising their competence in designingpolicies good for the people.
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江西民为王哲谣
一统志
江西有一哲。六月飞霜雪。天下有十哲。太平无休歇。
A song sung by people of Jiang Xi about their top official Wang Zhe, who was able to relievepeople of a major drought by releasing innocent people wrongly convicted, thereby causing it torain. The words say that if there were to be ten Wang Zhe’s in the world, there would becontinuous peace.
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安远县三百坑水谚
一统志
赣州九十九条河。中有一条通博罗。A folk saying about the many rivers in Gan Zhou.
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兴国长信瀧谚
一统志
龙下三瀧。舟楫莫当。
A saying about one section of Lian River where boats cannot go through because of big waves.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
僧伽行歌
一统志
赵家天子赵家王。
A song sung by a monk who drinks alcohol and eats meat. His song correctly predicts thecoming to power of the Zhao family of the Sung dynasty.
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时人目戴金石金语
一统志
楚有二金。台中錚錚。
Words said about Dai Jin and Shi Jin, who came from the same place and were both outstandingofficials.
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高州民为严琥歌
一统志
生我慈母。活我严父。
A song sung by people of Gao Zhou expressing their appreciation for their governor Yan Hu.The words say that "My mother gave birth to me, but Yan Hui gave me a life."
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蒲江民为安郁谣
一统志
安从周。积柴楼。感天雨。民有秋。昔无衣。今有裘。A song sung by people of Pu Jiang about their official An Yu, who made a sacrifice and got it torain, thereby reliving a major drought and enabling the people to have a harvest.
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福州九仙山谚
一统志
三山藏。三山现。三山不可见。
A folk saying about the Jiu Xian ("Nine Fairy) Mountain Range. The words say that whenlooking at a certain angle, you see three ranges appearing and the other three hidden, and the lastthree are impossible to see.
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永福雁湖雪峰山古谚
一统志
雁湖深。雪峰沈。雁湖浅\。雪峰见。
An ancient saying about Yan Lake and Mount Snow Peak. They situate right across from eachother.
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方山水谚
一统志
水浸方山鼻。不浸狮子耳。
Words said about the Min River in Fu Zhou. There are high and low mountains surrounding theriver.
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清源郡人为薛昱歌
一统志
郡号清源。官有清德。
A song sung by people of Qing Yuan about their mayor Xue Yi, who was righteous and kind tothe people.
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渔梁山谚
一统志
无衣无裳。莫过渔梁。
A folk saying about Mount Yu Liang which is colder than other places. If one is not wearing enough clothes, one should not go up that mountain.
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连城民为李弇谣
一统志
讼者息爭。居者安仁。李公为政。百姓如春。
A song sung by people of Lian Cheng about their governor Li Yan, who was able to resolvedisputes by educating the people.
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归善平湖谚
一统志
鱷湖平。出公卿。
A folk saying about how government officials are born in the area around E Lake.
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射木山谚
一统志
雨未晴。看云灵。
If one wants to know if it is going to rain or not, one only has to look at the clouds on top of SheMu Mountain.
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北障山谚
一统志
鸟不过灵川。
Even birds cannot fly through Bei Zhang Mountain.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
时人为邓盛语
一统志
一问得竟。皋陶邓盛。
Words said about Deng Sheng, praising his skill in getting criminal suspects to talk by treatingthem well.
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曲靖民为焦韶歌
一统志
一本两穗。嘉禾满田。太守焦公。其德格天。
A song sung by people of Qu Jing about their governor Jiao Shao, who built schools, cut taxesand encouraged bandits to become good people.
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湖州民为侯必登歌
一统志
不可一日无侯公。
A song sung by people of Hu Zhou about their governor, Huo Bi Deng. They said:"We cannotlive one day without Mr. Huo."
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大理民为蒋云汉语
一统志
不畏公箠。但畏公唾。
Words said by people of Da Li about their governor Jiang Yun Han, who was good at gettingconfessions from suspects by talking to them nicely.
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太和民为杨南金谣
一统志
上官不动。权豪不动。财货不动。
A song sung by people of Tai He about their mayor Yang Nan Jin, who never did wrong just toplease his superior and who could not be bought with money or anything else.
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瓜哇国谚
一统志
太平闍婆。
Words said about about the peaceful and bountiful life in Java.
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清河水利语
天下郡国利病书
开了口。渰无走。
倒坡水。渰无底。
Words said about the devastating flood caused by a broken dyke whenever their is a rain storm inthe Wei River delta.
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嘉定讼狱言
天下郡国利病书
人命无真假。只在原告不肯罢。
Words said about the judicial system in Jia Ding. Somehow, in that county, the coroner’s officeblackmails any househod with a recently deceased person, thereby creating much trouble for theresidents.
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田土谚
天下郡国利病书
千年田﹑八百主。
Words said about the constant changing of hands of farm lands because the land owners couldnot afford the high taxes.
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溧阳马政谣
天下郡国利病书
粮逐水。田逐马。
A saying in Li Yang about the citizen’s civil duty to provide the government with grain andhorses for warfare.
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徐州楚王山里谚
天下郡国利病书
山前九十九口井。山后九十九口塚。
Words said about Chu Wang Mountain. In front of the mountain, there are ninety-nine wells andin the back of the mountain, there are ninety-nine ancient tombs.
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曹县赋役谣
天下郡国利病书
家有二顷田。头枕衙门眠。
Words said in Cao county about the simple tax plan that people liked better than one that hadmultiple items.
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临淄谚
天下郡国利病书
临淄出古物。
There are many antiques buried in the tombs in Lin Zi.
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边人为敌情谈二则
天下郡国利病书
百骑不避城。千骑不避路。万骑不避镇。
镇守战。原野撼。分守战。山谷断。守备战。溪岸判。
Words said about battle strategies.
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预备谚
天下郡国利病书
冬不可以废葛。夏不可以废裘。
Words said about a defense preparation system. The words say that in the winter, one should notdiscard summer clothes and in the summer, one should not discard fur coats.
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北人水旱谚
天下郡国利病书
北人水旱。听命於天。
People in the north (around the Yellow River) have no control over drought or flooding.
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郧阳谚
天下郡国利病书
何知盗穴。山岩苇茁。
Bandits gather around moutains that have complicated geography that makes it hard to search forthings or people.
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江陵李家堤谚
天下郡国利病书
水来打破李家堤。荆州便是养鱼池。
Words said about Jing Zhou. When the water broke Li’s dyke, Jing Zhou became a fish pond.
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蜜溪神潭谚
天下郡国利病书
蜜溪水﹑神潭茶。
The water of Mi River tastes good and the tea grown around Shen Lake is good.
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浙江田土俚谚
天下郡国利病书
將钱买田。不如穷汉日安眠。
有田应门户。因田成祸门。
A folk saying in Zhe Jiang area. The words say that one would be better off not to buy any landwhen one has money, since when one has land, the government imposes heavy taxes on one’sproperties.
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漳州民为佃户谣
天下郡国利病书
久佃成业。When one becomes a tenant farmer (renting farm lands to do farming), the gain is so little thatone is stuck with that trade forever.
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时人为葛皓李璋简沛章极谚
天下郡国利病书
遇葛李则生。逢章简必死。
Words said about some officials who were in charge of eliminating bandits. When the banditsmeet Ge Hao and Li Zhang, they might live, but if they meet Jian Pei or Zhang Ji, they definitelywill be executed.
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垠水鱼蟹谚
天下郡国利病书
西水漫漫。鱼蟹满盘。
A folk saying about the bountiful fish and crab production of the Yin River.
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行人为摩泥七亭谣
天下郡国利病书
摩泥普市天。三日无雨似神仙。
A folk saying about the Muo Ni Qi Ting area in Yun Nan, which is constantly rainy.
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正山谚
方舆纪要
正山巍峨接星斗。分別冈峦九十九。
Words said about the wide-stretching Zheng Mountain Range. Some of the peaks are really high.
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澠水古谚
方舆纪要
澠水不冰。瘦马不渡。
An ancient folk saying about Min River. When the Min River is not frozen, skinny horsescannot go cross the river.
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华林山谚
方舆纪要
若要华林败。三宝去立寨。
Words said about Hua Lin Mountain where bandits gather. The saying suggests that if thegovernment troops want to eliminate those bandits, they ought to set up a camp on Three JewelPeak.
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慵岭谚
方舆纪要
高霄慵隔。去天三尺。A folk saying about the great height of Yong Mountain.
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葫芦山语
方舆纪要
潮生潮落。葫芦自若。
Hu Lu Mountain stays the same way whether the sea water around it ebbs or flows.
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延平邵武谚
方舆纪要
铜延平。铁邵武。
Words said about two cities in the southeast of China. The two cities are easy to guard againstinvasion because of their geographical advantages.
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钓鱼台谚
方舆纪要
水浸钓鱼台。上下不通来。
When the water level is above the Fishing Plateau (a mountain in a river), there is a major floodand transportation is not possible.