fishing not for the fish or the money, but simply to enjoy the view of the river and forget the worries of life.
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時人為沈麟士語
南史隱逸沈麟士傳
差山中。 有賢士。 開門教授局城市。Words about a hermit who lived in the mountains, yet he had disciples who built houses around him, so that eventually it was as if a city surrounded him.
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陶弘景歌
南史隱逸陶弘景傳
水王木為梁字。
A song sung by a hermit saying that the name of the next dynasty would be Liang.
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都下民語
南史恩倖茹法珍傳
欲求貴職﹑依刀敕。 須得富豪﹑事(捉)(御)刀。If one wants to get high paying jobs, one ought to depend on those who are in power. If one wants to get rich, one would have to wait on those who are in power as if they were the emperor.
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東昏侯時宮中謠言
南史恩倖茹法珍傳
趙鬼食鴨削。 諸鬼盡著調。A rumor in the court about how those people who in fact ran the court, rather than the emperor, would all be killed and cooked.
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侯景時的脰鳥童謠
南史侯景傳
的脰鳥。 拂朱雀。 還與吳。
A children’s song predicting that Hou Jing’s reign would be short-lived.
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荊州天子謠
南史侯景傳
脫青袍。 著芒屩。 荊州天子挺應著。
A song about how Hou Jing was having a hard time holding on to the throne.
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江陵童謠
南史侯景傳
苦竹町。市南有好井。荊危州軍。殺侯景。
A children’s song predicting the slaying of Hou Jing, whose head was cooked, painted, anddisplayed as an exhibition.
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時人為殷禮語
南史逸文
奇才強記﹑殷往嗣。
Yin Wang Si was such a genius that he was constantly reading and memorizing manyscriptures.
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魏宣武孝明間謠
北史魏孝武帝紀
狐非狐。 貉非貉。 焦梨狗子齧斷索。
A rumor predicting the coming to power of Yu Wen Tai.
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齊文宣將受襌時童謠
北史齊文宣帝紀
一束槁。兩頭然。河邊羖【羝】飛上天。
A children’s song predicting the coming to power of Gao Yang, Wen Xuan emperor of Northern Qi.
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齊天保間童謠
北史齊文宣帝紀
馬子入石室。三千六百日。A children’s song correctly predicting that the reign of Gao Yang would be exactly ten years.
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河東民為元淑謠
北史常山王遵傳附其孫淑傳
泰州河東。 杼柚代舂。 元公至止。 田疇始理。
A song sung by people of He Dong praising their Governor Yuan Shu, who made them learn agriculture in order to have a more sustainable life than that based on trading.
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文林館中為陸乂
北史陸俟傳附晜孫乂傳
五經無對﹑有陸乂。
Lu Yi has so much knowledge of the five scriptures that no one could ever challenge him.
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鄴下為李氏兄弟語
北史李渾傳
學則渾繪緯。 口則繪緯渾。
Among the three brothers of the Li household, their competence in learnedness are in this order: Hun is the first, Hui is the second, and Wei is the third. Their loquaciousness is in this order: Hui the first, Wei the second, and Hun the third.
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時人為李普濟語
北史李子雄傳附族弟普濟傳
入麤入細﹑李普濟。
Li Pu Ji is good in every way.
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時人為李義深語
北史李義深傳
劍戟森森﹑李義深。
Li Yi Shen has talent, yet he is too selfish and good at scheming.
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時人為陽休之語
北史陽休之傳
能賦能詩﹑陽休之。
Yang Xiu Zhi is good at writing poems.
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時人為陰鳳語
北時賈思伯傳
陰生讀書不免癡。 不識雙鳳脫人衣。
Words about how Yin Fong was silly to pawn his clothes in order to pay his tuition to his twoteachers, who eventually were all successful and rich.
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李延壽引鄙語論婁定遠
北史婁昭傳
利以昏智。
Profits alone can make a wise person delirious, let alone someone who is not wise.
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時人為唐永語
北史唐永傳
莫陸梁。 恐爾逢唐將。
Words about a general whose army was stationed on the northern border. He was there for four years and never lost a single battle.
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隋煬帝時并州謠言
北史隋庶人諒傳
一張紙。 兩張紙。 客量小兒作天子。
A rumor about who would become an emperor. Yang Liang interpreted this rumor in his favor but failed in his attempt to take over the throne and died in prison.
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冀州人語
北史熊安生傳
顯公鐘。 宋公鼓。 宗道暉屐。 李洛姬肚。
Words by people of Ji Zhou about the four biggest of four local people. One monk has the biggest bell. Mr. Song has the biggest drum, Mr. Zong has the biggest wooden shoes, and Mr. Li has the belly of a pregnant woman.
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