岱縣人為功曹小吏語
何氏姓苑
九百小吏萬功曹。
The official’s last name is nine hundred, and Gongcao’s last name is ten thousand.
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蓬州父老為吳幾復歌
萬姓統譜
使君來兮﹑父母鞠我。禮化行兮﹑民無寒餓。
使君去兮﹑不可復留。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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應劭引里語
漢官儀
任智不正車生咀。
Holding a post should be justice and competent for the duty.
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應劭引里諺
漢官儀逸文
仕宦不止﹑車生耳。
Officials should accumulate merits, then their authorities can last long.
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時人為石抱忠劉奇張詢古許子儒語
御史臺記逸文
有錢石下好。無錢劉下好。士大夫張下好。
碩學師劉子。儒生用與言。
今年柿子屏遭霜。為語石榴須早摘。
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
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歌
州縣提綱
第一奇。民吏不識縣兒。
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
唐會要
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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淮人為徐協功許子中胡與可語
建炎以來朝野雜記
徐協恭。許子中。胡元功。三人鼎足說脫空。
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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時人為張敞語
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
文獻通考
黃河災。天水來。
The Yellow river is flooding, the Tianshui’s are coming.
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淳熙末莎衣道人歌
文獻通考
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
文獻通考
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
文獻通考
寧違敕旨。無違魏王白帖子。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。
范來早。我人飽。范來遲。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
練兵實記
皇天不負好心人。皇天不負苦心人。
Heaven never lets hardworkers and kind-hearted people down.
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戚繼光引諺論死生
練兵實記
人是苦蟲。
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
練兵實記
朱門生餓殍。白屋出公卿。
兒孫自有兒孫福。
天不生無祿之人。
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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戚繼光引東南謠語論兵患
練兵實記
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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戚繼光引俗語論奉承
練兵實記
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。
A double-edged sword should give the valiant ; An rare prescription must come from good doctor.