胡伸汪藻。There are two outstanding officials who are also poets from the Yangtzi River area, namely, Hu Shen and Wang Zao.
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李若水死義時歌
宋史李若水傳
矯首問天兮天卒無言。 忠臣效死兮死亦何愆。
A song sung by a loyal official to the Song emperor when he was being killed by the Manchurians, who were invading northern China: I look up at the sky and ask why but no answer was given by the sky. As a loyal official to my emperor, I shall die without any wrongdoing.
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龍南安遠諺
宋史秦檜傳
龍南安遠。 一去不轉。
Words predicting the death of two officials in the imperial court. They were banished from the court and dispatched to southern tropical places because of offending Qin Kui, whom the emperor had completely spoiled.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
馬氏將亂時湘中童謠
宋史湖南周氏世家
馬去不用鞭。咬牙過今年。Words predicting the failed uprising of the Ma clan and the death of awarlord.
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太祖淳欽皇后引顏
遼史皇子表
偏憐之子不保業。難得之婦不主 家。
The most favored son can not even maintain the ancestral properties. A woman who is outstanding in every way should not be in charge of the household.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
遼土河童謠
遼史太祖淳欽皇后述律氏傳
青牛嫗。曾避路。Words predicting Empress Cun Qin’s attainment of the title Queen of the Earth.
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武定軍百姓為楊佶歌
遼史楊佶傳
何以蘇我。上天降雨。誰其撫我。楊公為主。
A song sung by people of Wu Ding praising its general Yang Ji’s being able to bring rain in time for them to bring in their harvest.
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時人為蕭巖壽語
遼史蕭巖壽傳
以狼牧羊。何能久長。
Words predicting the death of an official who lost the power struggle in the court of the Liao dynasty.
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熙宗引諺
金史熙宗紀
疑人勿使。使人勿疑。
Do not employ someone whom you have doubt in. Once one employs someone, he or she should not have doubt in that person.
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泰和八年童謠
金史五行志
易水流。汴水流。百年易過又休休。
兩家都好住。前後總成留。
Words predicting the move of the capital city of Jin dynasty.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
貞祐元年衛州童謠
金史五行志
團戀冬。劈半年。寒食節。沒人煙。Words predicting the invasion of Wei Zhou by the Mongolian army.
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興定中童謠
金史五行志
青山轉﹐轉山青。耽誤盡。少年人。
A children’s song referring to the unending warfare. Wars lasted so long that men were soldiers all their lives
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世祖時童謠
金史世紀
欲生則附於跋黑。欲死則附於刻里缽頗刺淑。
A children’s song that wrongly predicted the outcome of the power struggle between two brothers, one was the emperor and the other was a prince of the Jin dynasty. The prince was trying to overthrow the emperor by connecting with someone outside the court. But he died from choking on a piece of meat.
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時人為谷神婁室語
金史紇石烈良弼傳
前有谷神。後有婁室。Words about two great geniuses in the history of Jin.
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平暘百姓為張浩楊伯雄語
金史陽伯平傳
前有張。後有楊。
Words by people of Ping Yang about two great local officials.
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時人為趙秉文語
金史趙秉文傳
古有朱雲。金有秉文。朱雲攀檻。秉文攀人。
Words referring to one official who should be jailed like everyone else in the same project but was exonerated because of knowing the right people.
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哀宗引諺
金史撤合輦傳
水深見長人。A proverb saying that there are people standing in water, and when the water is deep enough, we can tell who is tall. It means that we do not know what people are like until we have the right situations.
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河內正平縣民為王競韓希甫張元諺
金史王競傳
西山至海岸。縣官兩人半。
Words by people of Zheng Ping about the three local officials who governed the place successively and were just about equally competent.
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四方為李妃胥持國語
金史佞幸胥持國傳
經童作相。監婢為妃。
Words referring to how people coming from lower classes reached high positions in the court and pleased the emperor by flattering him in the right ways.
【打 印】 【来源：读书之家-dushuzhijia.com】
