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武三思干政時天下語
新唐書武三思傳
崔冉鄭。 亂時政。Words referring to the people who were messing up the imperial court, and who got their power from allying with Wu San Si.
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京師里閭詛
新唐書王旭傳
若違教。 值三豹。A curse that people used when swearing against their own actions. It says that if I were to have gone against the teaching (of something not specified), then I would meet any of the three ruthless officials in the capital city.
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時人為魏牙軍語
新唐書羅紹威傳
長安天子。 魏府牙軍。
The people from the Wei Ya army camp were like the emperors in the capital city. This is referring to the unreasonable and illicit behavior of these military personnel.
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蜀人為吐蕃南詔語
新唐書四夷列傳序
西戊尚可。 南蠻殘我。
Words referring to the aggressively and viciously strong military force of Tu Fan, which is the present day Tibet.
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賈言忠引諺
新唐書高麗傳
軍無媒。 中道回。
If a military mission has no guide who knows the inside information of the opponents, it will likely have to retreat half of the way.
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黃巢軍中謠
新唐書黃巢傳
逢儒則肉﹑師必覆。
If intellectuals who know nothing about a warfare are attacked in a military action, then that action will definitely fail.
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張濛傳太白山神語
舊五代史唐書末帝紀上
三珠併一珠。 驢馬沒人驅。 歲月甲庚午。 中興戊己土。
Words spoken by a fortune teller are said by a mountain deity. However, the fortune teller said he could not interpret these words. He became an advisor to the emperor anyway.
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諸軍為唐末帝謠
舊五代史唐書末帝紀上
去欲生菩薩。 扶起一條鐵。
A song sung by the military complaining about the meager pay they receive forprotecting the emperor.
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唐昭宗引俚語
新五代史寇彥卿傳
紇干山頭凍死雀。 何不飛去生處樂。
An idiom referred to by Tang’s emperor Zhao, saying that instead of freezing to death in a cold mountain, people should go somewhere where they could live.
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郭崇韜故人子弟引俚語
新五代史郭崇韜傳
騎虎者勢不得下。
Once a person rides on a tiger, it is hard for that person to get down from the tiger without being hurt.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
王彥章引俚語
新五代史王彥章傳
豹死留皮。 人死留名。
What is left behind by a leopard when it dies is its skin, and what is left behind by a person when he or she dies is his or her reputation.
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杜重威引俚語
新五代史杜重威傳
逢賊得命。 更望複子乎。
If one survives a confrontation with bandits, one is lucky enough and should not think about getting anything else.
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吳越王還鄉歌
新五代史吳越世家
三節還鄉兮掛錦衣。 碧天朗朗兮愛日暉。
功成道上兮列旌旗。 父老遠來相追隨。
家山鄉眷兮會時稀。 今朝設宴兮觥散飛。
牛斗無孛人無欺。 吳越一王駟馬歸。
A song sung by Qian Liu who was crowned as a king by Tang’s emperor Zhao. The song is about how he loves his hometown and his people.
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閩人為歸守明歌
新五代史閩世家。
誰謂九龍帳。 惟貯一歸郎。
Who calls for the making of that nine-dragon canopy? He will not get to use it but his wife’s lover will.
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