帝舜歌尚書益稷敕天之命。惟時惟幾。股肱喜哉。元首起哉。百工熙哉。A kind of " State of the Union" address which describes how everything is going well.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------嗥陶賡歌尚書益稷元首明哉。股肱良哉。庶事康哉。元首業脞哉。股肱惰哉。萬事墮哉。
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鄭莊公賦春秋左氏隱元年傳大隧之中。其樂也融融。Inside the tunnel, the situation was happy (for the meeting between a mother and her son, the king whom she did not love, after treacherous period).---------------------------------------------------------------------------...
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楊慎引俗諺釋三拖鞶帶升菴經說寵婢作管家。鑰匙不響手撥刺。A description of how it is a bad idea to spoil the maid to the extent that she dominates the entire household.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------楊慎引俗諺釋密雲不雨升菴經說雲往東。一場空。...
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賈生引野諺史記秦始皇本紀贊前事之不忘。後事之師也。If one does not forget one’s previous experience, one can learn for the future from the past.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------垓下歌史記項羽本紀力拔山兮氣蓋世。時不利兮騅不逝。騅不逝兮可奈何。虞兮虞兮奈若何...
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商邱成醉歌漢書景武昭宣成元功臣表出居安能鬱鬱。Why am I feeling unhappy as a government official?--------------------------------------------------------------------------------班固引諺論刑法漢書邢法志鬻棺者欲歲之疫。Coffin sales people would like to have a plague every year.------...
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弘農王悲歌後漢書何后紀附王美人傳天道易兮我何艱。棄萬乘兮退守藩。逆臣見迫兮命不延。逝將去汝兮適幽玄。A song sung by the Han emperor who was stripped of his throne and forced to take poison to kill himself.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------唐姬悲歌後漢...
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曹操引諺三國志魏書崔琰傳生女耳。Having women’s ears for listening to flatterers, referring to how unpredictable one’s superior’s reaction is to flatterers.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------冀州人稱邢顒語三國志魏書邢顒傳德行堂堂﹑邢...
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宣帝讌歌晉書宣帝紀天地開闢。日月重光。遭遇際會。畢力遐方。將掃群穢。還過故鄉。肅清萬里。總齊八荒。告成歸老。待罪舞陽。A song sung by emperor Xuan to express his mixed feelings for his contribution.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------魏正始中民謠晉書宣帝紀何鄧丁。亂京城。 ...
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時人為丁午語宋書武帝紀勿跋扈。付丁【午】。Ding Wu was someone who was physically strong. He was the ultimate hit man of his time. These words are just saying that one should watch out not to be too demanding and manipulating or else Ding Wu might be brought to set one ...
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時人為詰汾力微二帝諺魏書序紀詰汾皇帝無婦家。 力微皇帝無舅家。Words about Emperor Jie Fen who was supposed to have a wife from heaven, and therefore he did not really have a wife, and his son, Emperor Li Wei, did not have a uncle on the mother side.----------------------------...
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時人為胡母顥語南史宋明帝紀禾絹開眼諾。 胡母大張橐。Words referring to a powerful yet very corrupted official in the court at the time.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------永明中魏地童謠南史齊武帝紀赤火南流喪南國。A children’s song predicting...
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中宗引俗諺舊唐書禮儀志一冬至長於歲。On the day of the winter solstice, everyone grows one year older.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------楊伴兒謠舊唐書音樂志二楊婆兒。 共戲來。A children’s song referring to how the son of a witch becam...
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建隆中京師歌宋史五行志四五來子。A ong sung during early years of the Song dynasty when five territories were conquered and included in the map of Song.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------劉鋹末年廣南童謠宋史五行志四羊頭二四。 白天雨至。
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至元十六年彰德路民謠元史五行志二葦生成旗。民皆流離。葦生成槍。殺伐遭殃。Words referring to people (civilians) having to leave home and wander around to escape from war, and to how they are killed in the war.---------------------------------------------------------------------------...
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西王母為穆王謠穆天子傳白雲在天。山陵自出。道里悠遠。山川間之。將子為死。尚能復來。A song sung by Xi Wang Mu ("western king mother," a supposedly mythological figure) forEmperor Mu. The words express the long distance that he had to travel in order to visit her.------------------------...
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師曠為周太子晉歌汲冢周書國誠寧矣。 遠人來觀。 修義經矣。 好樂無荒。A song sung by Shi Kuang, the court musician, to Princess Jin of the Zhou kingdom. The words go like this: The kingdom is in such peaceful state that people come from afar to visit. We are working on some scriptures...
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單襄公引諺國語獸惡其網。 民惡其上。Wild beasts hate nets, and people hate their superiors.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------伶州鳩引諺國語眾心成城。 眾口鑠金。If everyone’s mind is put together, even a town can be built. Everyone’...
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周怡引諺訥溪奏議近朱者赤。 近墨者黑。When one associates with good people, one becomes a good person. When one associates with bad people, one becomes a bad person.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------軍民為張栻謠歷代名臣奏議百萬生靈...
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趙岐引南陽舊語三輔決錄注前隊大夫范仲公。 鹽豉蒜果共一筩。Words referring to how Mr. Fan Zhong is not corrupted and has a frugal lifestyle.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------關中為游殷諺三輔決錄注生有知人之明。 死有貴神之靈。Words said about You Y...
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四皓隱歌高士傳莫莫高山。深谷逶迤。曄曄紫芝。可以療飢。唐虞世遠。吾將何歸。駟馬高蓋。其憂甚大。富貴之畏人兮。不如貧賤之肆志。Living in this deep mountain and eating some purple fungus to stop hunger, we cannot go back to the society because of that tyrant. Having wealth and prestige by being a court offici...
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梁武帝時雉山童謠梁陳故事鳥山出天子。An emperor shall come from a mountain with the name of a bird. A children’s song predictingfrom where the next emperor would originate.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------梁武帝時童謠梁陳故...
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張獻忠陷蜀時街巷俚語蜀碧張家長。李家短。An idiomatic expression describing someone who likes to go to different households to gossip.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------沈荀蔚引童謠蜀難敘略生於燕子嶺。死在鳳凰山。A children’s song predi...
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漁父歌吳越春秋日月昭昭乎侵已馳。與子期乎蘆之漪。日已夕兮予心憂悲。月已馳兮何不渡為。事寖急兮當奈何。蘆中人。蘆中人。豈非窮士乎。A song sung by a fisherman to Wu Zi Xu, who took Prince Jian’s son to escape from the slayingof Zheng’s King Ding. The song was expressing his willingness in helping Wu to escape. ...
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開寶中南昌市老翁老媼歌馬氏南唐書陳陶傳藍采禾。藍采禾。塵世紛紛事更多。爭如賣藥沽酒飲。歸去深崖拍手歌。A song sung by an old couple in the city market of Nan Chang during the Kai Pao era. The words say that because this world is messy and unpeaceful, one would be better off to sell someherbs, get wi...
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韋杜二曲諺歲華紀麗城南韋杜。去天尺五。Words said about the style of two poets.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------臘日諺語荊楚歲時記臘鼓鳴。春草生。On the eighth of the lunar month December, people play drums to mark the beginning of ...
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繁欽引鳳闕古歌三輔黃圖長安城西有雙闕。上有雙銅雀。一鳴五穀成。再鳴五穀熟。An ancient song concerning the two towers that had a pair of bronze peacocks on the west of Chang An city.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------朝邑俗諺元和郡縣圖志苦泉羊。洛水漿。T...
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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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太白山俗語三秦記武功太白。去天三百尺。孤雲兩角。去天一握。山水險阻。黃金子午。蛇盤烏櫳。氣與天通。A folk saying concerning the great height and vareigated geography of Mount Tai Bai, which was said to have water within it.-----------------------------------------------------------------------...
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酈道元引俗諺釋清泉河水經注高梁無上源。清泉無下尾。Words referring to the tiny creeks in the Yu Yang area. The flow of water in these creeks was so slow that it was hard to determine the origin and the end of the river.-----------------------------------------------------...
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人為許晏諺陳留風俗傳逸文殿上成群﹑許偉君。Words referring to the outstanding scholar, Xu Yan, who was good at explicating poems from the Lu kingdom.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------猴頭羹諺臨海異物志逸文人寧負人千石之羹。不願負人猴頭羹臛。Wo...
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俗傳灩澦堆語峽程記灩澦大如象。瞿塘不敢上。灩澦大如馬。瞿塘不可下。灩澦大如牛。瞿塘不可流。灩澦大如鱉。瞿塘行舟絕。灩澦大如龜。瞿塘不可窺。灩澦大如服。瞿塘不可觸。Yanyu is piled up by stones, and the Tutang is one of the three gorges located in Sichuan provience. The larger Yanyu is, the more dangerous the Tutang is to tra...
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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.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------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。...
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齊人為騶衍鄒奭淳于髡諺別錄談天騶。雕龍奭。炙轂過髡。Zouyan’s knowledge is very extensive; Zoushi is very careful and exact such as carving dragon; Chun Yukun is influenced by both of them.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------齊人...
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萍實童謠家語楚王渡江得萍實。大如斗。赤如日。剖而食之甜如蜜。When crossing river, the king of Chu guo got a duck-weeds as red as the sun, and it is as sweet as honey when he cut it off to eat.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------商羊童...
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