if one gets Xu (name of fish), one will be better off eating vegetable than that kind of fish.
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陸璣引里語釋蟋蟀
毛詩草木虫魚疏
趨織鳴。嬾婦驚。
Qu Zhi (other name for crickets) calls and lazy housewives (lan fu literally, yet lan fu is also name for crickets) get shocked (as though the calls of crickets is telling these lazy women to do things).
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孔子述河上人歌
韓詩內傳
鶬兮鴰兮。逆毛衰兮。一身九尾長兮。
The bird Cang Gua has nine tails and feathers that curl inwards.
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夏桀群臣歌二則
韓詩外傳
江水沛兮。舟楫敗兮。我王廢兮。趣歸於毫。毫亦大矣。樂兮樂兮。四牡驕兮。六轡沃兮。去不善而從善。何不樂兮。
A song sung by a group of civil servants serving in the courtof Jie. It describes how happy they are to be leaving that tyrant.
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韓嬰引鄙語二則釋詩
韓詩外傳
不知為吏。視已成事。
前車覆而后車不誡。
If one does not know how to be a government official, one should try to see what has been done previously. A car turns upside down and the cars behind do not heed the incident as a warning.
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孔子歌
詩緯
遠山十里。蟪蛄之聲。猶尚在耳。We are away from the mountain for about ten Lis (Li=unit of distance), The sound of Cong Gu (name of insect, maybe dragonflies) can still be heard.
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擿雒謠
詩緯
剡者配姬以放賢。山崩水潰納小人。家伯罔主異哉震。
A song describing how taking beautiful women as mistresses can chase away the good advisors, just like a land slide and flooding can give bad people opportunity for mischief.
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曳杖歌
禮記檀弓
泰山其頹乎 梁木其壞乎 哲人其萎乎
The sacred mountain Tai is falling, a great tree is falling and a saint is dying.
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