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.