鸚鵡谷水世語(yǔ) 唐會(huì)要 此水清。天下平。The great harvest, and clear water in the valley are the sign of peaceful, flourishing age.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 左史諺 唐會(huì)要 螭頭有水。
It is good time to mix prepared Chinese ink using the water dripped in the hornless dragon stages.
Xu Xiegong, Xu Zizhong and Hu Yuangong are powerful to arrange fields in south and north Huai river.
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No one does not love life; No one does not fear death. However both life and death are controled by the God. There is a time for everything -- A time to be born and a time to die.
People born in rich family may die of famine; People born in common family may become the highest-rank official; Children have their own good furtunes.
何氏姓苑
九百小吏萬(wàn)功曹。
The official’s last name is nine hundred, and Gongcao’s last name is ten thousand.
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蓬州父老為吳幾復(fù)歌
萬(wàn)姓統(tǒng)譜
使君來(lái)兮﹑父母鞠我。禮化行兮﹑民無(wú)寒餓。
使君去兮﹑不可復(fù)留。人意悵悵兮﹑淚雙墮。
Wu Jifu had a great achievement and benefited his people when he was an official in Pengzhou. When he left, local people felt very sorrow.
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應(yīng)劭引里語(yǔ)
漢官儀
任智不正車(chē)生咀。
Holding a post should be justice and competent for the duty.
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應(yīng)劭引里諺
漢官儀逸文
仕宦不止﹑車(chē)生耳。
Officials should accumulate merits, then their authorities can last long.
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時(shí)人為石抱忠劉奇張?jiān)児旁S子儒語(yǔ)
御史臺(tái)記逸文
有錢(qián)石下好。無(wú)錢(qián)劉下好。士大夫張下好。
碩學(xué)師劉子。儒生用與言。
今年柿子屏遭霜。為語(yǔ)石榴須早摘。
The persimmons are injured by frost this year, so the pomegranates should be picked up early.
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湖蘇二郡人為牧掾語(yǔ)
衣冠盛事
湖接兩頭。蘇連三尾。
Two counties located in Huzhou are neighboring and two men coming from these two counties passed the highest imperial exam at the same time.
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河清縣軍民為王元規(guī)歌
州縣提綱
第一奇。民吏不識(shí)縣兒。
The biggest surprise in the county is that common people do not know the son of the magistrate.
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呂居仁引諺論勤
官箴
勞心不如勞力。
To labor mentally is rather harder than to labor physically.
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呂居仁引諺論忍
官箴
忍事敵災(zāi)星。
Tolerance is the rival of fight.
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胡大初引諺
晝簾緒論
捉賊須捉贓。捉姦須捉雙。
To catch the bandit should catch the booty; To catch the adultery should catch the couple.
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賀嶠妻于氏引鄙諺
通典
黃雞生卵。烏雞伏之。但知為烏雞之子。不知為黃雞之兒。
Yellow hen lays eggs and black chick hatches. Metaphor: People only cares the result without knowing the origin.
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鸚鵡谷水世語(yǔ)
唐會(huì)要
此水清。天下平。The great harvest, and clear water in the valley are the sign of peaceful, flourishing age.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
左史諺
唐會(huì)要
螭頭有水。
It is good time to mix prepared Chinese ink using the water dripped in the hornless dragon stages.
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淮人為徐協(xié)功許子中胡與可語(yǔ)
建炎以來(lái)朝野雜記
徐協(xié)恭。許子中。胡元功。三人鼎足說(shuō)脫空。
Xu Xiegong, Xu Zizhong and Hu Yuangong are powerful to arrange fields in south and north Huai river.
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澠水諺
通志
瘦馬不渡澠水。Tired horse can not pass Mian river because it’s current is rather rapid.
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時(shí)人為張敞語(yǔ)
通志
毆君馬者路旁兒。
It is not unusual to kill the certain official’s horse, because the official does not have serious and powerful appearance.
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淳熙中梁宋間語(yǔ)
文獻(xiàn)通考
黃河災(zāi)。天水來(lái)。
The Yellow river is flooding, the Tianshui’s are coming.
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淳熙末莎衣道人歌
文獻(xiàn)通考
胡孫死。鬧啾啾。也須還我一百州。
The feudal princes fought each other after the King died, but the persons of integrity hoped the country peaceful.
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廣明初都人語(yǔ)
文獻(xiàn)通考
黃賊打黑賊。
Since Huangchao came into the capital the common people lived on yellow rice and black beans.
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北人為巍王諺
文獻(xiàn)通考
寧違敕旨。無(wú)違魏王白帖子。People would rather disobey imperial orders than violate the king of Wei guo’s meaningless documents.
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兩淮民為范【璁】歌
兩淮鹽法志
鹽政奚廢公未逢。鹽政奚興逢我公。
范來(lái)早。我人飽。范來(lái)遲。我人飢。
If Fan, who was in charge of south and north Huai river areas, assumed office early then the common people would not be suffered from hungry.
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戚繼光引諺論人心
練兵實(shí)記
皇天不負(fù)好心人?；侍觳回?fù)苦心人。
Heaven never lets hardworkers and kind-hearted people down.
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戚繼光引諺論死生
練兵實(shí)記
人是苦蟲(chóng)。
No one does not love life; No one does not fear death. However both life and death are controled by the God. There is a time for everything -- A time to be born and a time to die.
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戚繼光引諺三則論貨利
練兵實(shí)記
朱門(mén)生餓殍。白屋出公卿。
兒孫自有兒孫福。
天不生無(wú)祿之人。
People born in rich family may die of famine; People born in common family may become the highest-rank official; Children have their own good furtunes.
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戚繼光引東南謠語(yǔ)論兵患
練兵實(shí)記
賊是木梳。兵是竹篦。
Theives are like comb; Soliders are like double-edged comb who rob all kinds of things without anything left.
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戚繼光引俗語(yǔ)論奉承
練兵實(shí)記
馬上房子。
Some people are good at flattering the superior, but the words they said are against their own consciences.
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湯若望引諺
則克錄
寶劍必付烈士。奇方必須良醫(yī)。
A double-edged sword should give the valiant ; An rare prescription must come from good doctor.