《古谣谚》卷二十七

時人為楊雄桓譚語

廣輿記

玩楊子雲之篇。樂於居千乘之官。挾桓君山之書。富於積猗頓之財。

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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鑑湖諺

廣輿記

水繞鑑湖弦。吉水出狀元。

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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廬陵民為劉竺歌

廣輿記

公家無負租。私室有餘粟。

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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丁溪諺

廣輿記

水畫丁﹑羅簪纓。

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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湖廣諺

地圖綜要

湖廣熟。天下足。

When the area around Dong Ting Lake has a good harvest, the entire country hasenough food.

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颶風諺

地圖綜要

朝三暮七。晝不過一。

Words said about the typhoons that come for three to seven days on the coast of Guang Dong.

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諸生稱陳選蕭鳴鳳語

一統志

陳泰山。蕭北斗。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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上元民為霍韜程歌

一統志

禮部霍韜天有日。上元程月無雲。

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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時人為吳羽文謠

一統志

木化為人。人化為木。

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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績溪南關橋水諺

一統志

九步流東水。

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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銅陵管山諺

一統志

青獅白象。為銅保障。

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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績溪邑人為蘇轍葉楠歌

一統志

前有蘇黃門。後有葉令君。

A song sung by people of Ji Xi about two good officials.

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滁州豐山諺

一統志

豐山著帽。豐年之兆。When the top of Mount Fong has clouds shaped like a hat, it is an omen for a good harvest.

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廣靈雅兒匯諺

一統志

壽民丹水。

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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青州民為陳勛謠

一統志

去陳府。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.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

商河聶家窪諺

一統志

十年九不收。一收勝十秋。

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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溫縣百姓為沃墅歌

一統志

田野闢。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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鞏昌民為戴浩歌

一統志

君侯守邊。惠政無前。我行我道。蕩蕩便便。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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時為趙登岳璿謠

一統志

賢守趙岳。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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江西民為王哲謠

一統志

江西有一哲。六月飛霜雪。天下有十哲。太平無休歇。

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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安遠縣三百坑水諺

一統志

贛州九十九條河。中有一條通博羅。A folk saying about the many rivers in Gan Zhou.

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興國長信瀧諺

一統志

龍下三瀧。舟楫莫當。

A saying about one section of Lian River where boats cannot go through because of big waves.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

僧伽行歌

一統志

趙家天子趙家王。

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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時人目戴金石金語

一統志

楚有二金。臺中錚錚。

Words said about Dai Jin and Shi Jin, who came from the same place and were both outstandingofficials.

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高州民為嚴琥歌

一統志

生我慈母。活我嚴父。

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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蒲江民為安郁謠

一統志

安從周。積柴樓。感天雨。民有秋。昔無衣。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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福州九仙山諺

一統志

三山藏。三山現。三山不可見。

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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永福雁湖雪峰山古諺

一統志

雁湖深。雪峰沈。雁湖淺。雪峰見。

An ancient saying about Yan Lake and Mount Snow Peak. They situate right across from eachother.

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方山水諺

一統志

水浸方山鼻。不浸獅子耳。

Words said about the Min River in Fu Zhou. There are high and low mountains surrounding theriver.

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清源郡人為薛昱歌

一統志

郡號清源。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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漁梁山諺

一統志

無衣無裳。莫過漁梁。

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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連城民為李弇謠

一統志

訟者息爭。居者安仁。李公為政。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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歸善平湖諺

一統志

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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射木山諺

一統志

雨未晴。看雲靈。

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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北障山諺

一統志

鳥不過靈川。

Even birds cannot fly through Bei Zhang Mountain.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

時人為鄧盛語

一統志

一問得竟。皋陶鄧盛。

Words said about Deng Sheng, praising his skill in getting criminal suspects to talk by treatingthem well.

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曲靖民為焦韶歌

一統志

一本兩穗。嘉禾滿田。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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湖州民為侯必登歌

一統志

不可一日無侯公。

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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大理民為蔣雲漢語

一統志

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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太和民為楊南金謠

一統志

上官不動。權豪不動。財貨不動。

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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瓜哇國諺

一統志

太平闍婆。

Words said about about the peaceful and bountiful life in Java.

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清河水利語

天下郡國利病書

開了口。渰無走。

倒坡水。渰無底。

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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嘉定訟獄言

天下郡國利病書

人命無真假。只在原告不肯罷。

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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田土諺

天下郡國利病書

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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溧陽馬政謠

天下郡國利病書

糧逐水。田逐馬。