s, ancient histories provide windows to knowing current affairs.
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陸凱引童謠
三國志吳書陸凱傳
寧飲建業水。不食武昌魚。寧還建業死。不止武昌居。
A children’s song explaining that choosing Wu Chang as the capital will be a bad choice, while choosing Jian Ye will be a good choice.
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吳人為諸葛恪謠
三國志吳書諸葛恪傳
諸葛恪。何若若。蘆葦單衣篾鉤落。於何相求成子閣。
A folk song referring to the way Zhu Ge Ke was buried. He was thrown off a cliff.
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優人青頭雞唱
三國志魏書齊王芳紀
青頭雞。青頭雞。
"Green-headed chicken" refers to ducks. This was the verse of a song sung by one emperor’s entertainer. The emperor was on the verge of losing his throne.
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京師為鄧颺語
三國志魏書曹爽傳注云
以官易富﹑鄧元茂。
Eng Yang sells government posts for money and gets rich.
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魏時為蔣濟謠言
三國志魏書夏侯玄傳注云
欲求牙門﹑當得千匹。百人督﹑五百匹。
A rumor referring to the material costs of obtaining certain positions.
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焦先羖【歷】歌
三國志魏書管甯傳注云
祝衄祝衄。非魚非肉。更相追逐。本心為當殺牂羊。
更殺其羖【歷】邪。
A hermit’s opaque string of words which were interpreted as the mistakes made by the Wei kingdom’s military strategy.
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時人為楊阿若號
三國志魏書閻溫傳注云
東市相斫﹑楊阿若。西市相斫﹑楊阿若。
Yang A Ruo goes around fighting with people as a means of revenge and mediation.
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魚豢引諺
三國志魏書任城陳蕭王傳評注云
貧不學儉。卑不學恭。
One is poor because of not knowing to be frugal, and one is in the lower class of society because of not learning to be humble.
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