g by people of Jiang Xi concerning the bandits and the government troops who weredispatched to eliminate the bandits. The words go like this : It is not too bad when the banditscome, but when the government troops come, we could die easily and everyone no longer has apeaceful life.
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廣西人為猺蠻謠
炎徼紀聞
盎有一斗米。莫泝藤峽水。囊有一陌錢。莫上府江船。
A song sung by people of Guang Xi about one section of a river gorge in which the bandits got together and stood on the hills overlooking the boats going by, then robbed and killed the travelers.
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韓雍引諺論滅猺
炎徼紀聞
救火焉。而噓之。
When one tries to put out a fire, one should not give the fire more wind to burn higher.
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粵西宣慰氏族諺
炎徼紀聞
思播田楊。兩廣岑黃。Words referring to the major population groups with the family names of Tian, Yang, Chen and Huang in southwestern and southern China.
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播凱二州人為楊氏兄弟諺
炎徼紀聞
骨肉臡醢。參商播凱。
Of all the bloody strife between brothers, Yang You and Yang Ai had the worst case.
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苗人復讎諺
炎徼紀聞
苗家仇。九世休。
The feud among the groups of Miao people can be extended to nine generations.
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羅羅國諺
炎徼紀聞
水西羅鬼。斷頭掉尾。
Words referring to some tribal groups in Southern China whose people are violent and takepleasure in bloody conflicts.
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兩廣征猺諺
炎徼紀聞
比年小征。 三年大征。
In Guang Dong and Guang Xi, there is constantly warfare between the Chinese with neighboringtribal groups.
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京師為溫體仁謠二則
明季北略
崇皇帝。 溫閣老。崇禎皇帝遭溫了。
Two songs sung by people in the capital city during Ming Emperor Cong Zhen’s reign (the last emperor of Ming), indicating that the emperor has used the wrong person as his chief advisor.
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盧州民為許宦妾謠
明季北略
一砲打死二大王。
One cannon shot killed two bandits leaders. Words said by people of Lu Zhou about Xu Huan Qie who lit up the cannon in Lu Zhou when bandits were attacking the place.
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四川人為陳士奇謠
明季北略
學憲廣文。
Words said by people of Su Chuan about Chen Shi Qi, who was the superintendent of the school system. Under his management, even poor people got to attend the schools.
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京師為劉懋謠
綏寇紀略
劉給事裁省驛遞。驅民為盜。
A song sung by people in the capital city for Liu Mao, who had proposed some policyconcerning the government system which resulted in the creation of more bandits.
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熹宗時童謠
綏寇紀略
天下兵起。遍地皆煙。When the world is going to have unrest because of rebels, we see smoke first. The smoke refersto a kind of fire therapy used for healing. Smoke therapy seems to be in vogue everytime there isa major unrest.
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慶陽軍中為張良臣語
明史紀事本末
不怕金牌張。 惟怕七條鎗。
Zhang Liang Chen who had a golden shield is not to be feared; it is his seven god sons who usedspears who should be feared.
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李登負罌木歌
明史紀事本末
癰之不決而狃於痏。危巢不覆而令梟止。
A song sung by an oil vendor about how to eliminate different factions of a warlord’s followersby using internal strife to make them kill each other.
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