《古谣谚》卷三十二

岱縣人為功曹小吏語

何氏姓苑

九百小吏萬功曹。

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

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蓬州父老為吳幾復歌

萬姓統譜

使君來兮﹑父母鞠我。禮化行兮﹑民無寒餓。

使君去兮﹑不可復留。人意悵悵兮﹑淚雙墮。

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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應劭引里語

漢官儀

任智不正車生咀。

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

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應劭引里諺

漢官儀逸文

仕宦不止﹑車生耳。

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

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時人為石抱忠劉奇張詢古許子儒語

御史臺記逸文

有錢石下好。無錢劉下好。士大夫張下好。

碩學師劉子。儒生用與言。

今年柿子屏遭霜。為語石榴須早摘。

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

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湖蘇二郡人為牧掾語

衣冠盛事

湖接兩頭。蘇連三尾。

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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河清縣軍民為王元規歌

州縣提綱

第一奇。民吏不識縣兒。

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

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呂居仁引諺論勤

官箴

勞心不如勞力。

To labor mentally is rather harder than to labor physically.

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呂居仁引諺論忍

官箴

忍事敵災星。

Tolerance is the rival of fight.

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胡大初引諺

晝簾緒論

捉賊須捉贓。捉姦須捉雙。

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

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賀嶠妻于氏引鄙諺

通典

黃雞生卵。烏雞伏之。但知為烏雞之子。不知為黃雞之兒。

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

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鸚鵡谷水世語

唐會要

此水清。天下平。The great harvest, and clear water in the valley are the sign of peaceful, flourishing age.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

左史諺

唐會要

螭頭有水。

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

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淮人為徐協功許子中胡與可語

建炎以來朝野雜記

徐協恭。許子中。胡元功。三人鼎足說脫空。

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

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澠水諺

通志

瘦馬不渡澠水。Tired horse can not pass Mian river because it’s current is rather rapid.

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時人為張敞語

通志

毆君馬者路旁兒。

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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淳熙中梁宋間語

文獻通考

黃河災。天水來。

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

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淳熙末莎衣道人歌

文獻通考

胡孫死。鬧啾啾。也須還我一百州。

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

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廣明初都人語

文獻通考

黃賊打黑賊。

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

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北人為巍王諺

文獻通考

寧違敕旨。無違魏王白帖子。