卷十九

赵岐引南阳旧语
三辅决录注
前队大夫范仲公。 盐豉蒜果共一筩。
Words referring to how Mr. Fan Zhong is not corrupted and has a frugal lifestyle.
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关中为游殷谚
三辅决录注
生有知人之明。 死有贵神之灵。
Words said about You Yin who knew how to tell a good person from a bad person when he was alive, and who also knew how to get his revenge with the person who plotted against him and got him killed after his death by coming back to haunt that person.

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民为马氏兄弟语
三辅决录注
苑中三公。 鉅下二卿。五门嚾嚾。但闻豚声。
Words referring to how five brothers who were high ranking court officials retired and became hog farmers.
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三辅为张氏何氏语
三辅决录注
张氏鉤。何氏算。何氏肥。张氏瘦。
Words referring to the fortunes of two households. The Zhang household had a lesser fortune that did not last long. The He household had long-lasting good fortune.
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鰶鱼谚
三辅决录注
寧去累世宅。不去鰶鱼额。
One would rather lose one’s residence passed down through generations than lose the cheeks of Zhi fish.
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会稽童为徐弘歌
会稽典录
徐圣通。政无双。平刑罚。 奸宄空。
A children’s song in Gui Ji praising the mayor of Shan Yin, Xu Hong, who was just in his enforcement of the law and was able to eliminate all crimes.

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人为黄尚左雄谚
楚国先贤传逸文
黄尚为司隶。奸慝自弭。左雄为尚书令。天下慎选举。
When Huang Shang was a law enforcement officer, all the bad people disappeared. When Zuo Xiong was the writer of court reports, the country was careful with the selection of officials.

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吴郡济阴民为东门奐歌
鲁国先贤志
东门奐。 取吴半。 吴不足。 济阴续。
That Dong Men Huan, the mayor of Wu county, took half of the Wu county away. But that was not enough, since he took more from Ji Yin county when he was transferred there.

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京师为陈蕃周璆号
青州先贤传
陈仲举昂昂如千里驥。 周孟玉浏浏如松下风。Chen Zhong Ju is as handsome as a strong horse. Zhou Meng Yu is as refreshing as the wind blowing through a pine tree.

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襄阳乡里为诸葛庞统司马徽语
襄阳耆旧记
诸葛孔明为臥龙。 庞士元为凤雏。 司马德操为水镜。Zhu Ge Kong Ming is like a dragon that is hidden from sight. Pang Shi Yuan is like a young pheonix; Si Ma De Cao is like a mirror in that he could see who is good and who is bad.
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襄阳里人为庞焕语
襄阳耆旧记
我家池裏。 龙种来归。Words said by people of Xiang Yang about Pang Huan who was nephew of Zhu Ge Kong Ming, the hidden dragon. Pang had retired at his ancestral hometown Xiang Yang. The words said that "That descendant of the dragon has returned to our pond."

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惠帝即位时儿童谣
襄阳耆旧记
丙火没地。 哀哉秋兰。 归刑街邮。 终为人叹。A children’s song predicting the death of an emperor and the improper burial of an empress.

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荆州民为胡烈歌
襄阳耆旧记
美哉明后。俊哲惟嶷。陶广干坤。
周孔是则。我武播畅。威振遐域。
A song sung by people of Jing Zhou praising their official Hu Lie.

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武陵人为黄氏兄弟谚
襄阳耆旧记逸文
天有冬夏。 人有二黄。
Just as there are both summer and winter, there are the two Huang brothers who are totally different. The older one is a good official and younger one is corrupt.

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洛阳人为祝良歌
长沙耆旧传
天久不雨。蒸人失所。天王自出。
祝令特苦。精符感应。滂沱下雨。
A song sung by people of Luo Yang commemorating their mayor for being able to call for rain when they needed it badly.

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时人为虞授谚
长沙耆旧记逸文
不读经。 视虞生。
If one does not read Yi Jing ( Yi Scripture), one should see Yu Shou who is never tired of talking about Yi Jing.
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会稽民为张霸语
益都耆旧传
城上乌。哺父母。府中诸吏皆孝友。
Words said by people of Gui Ji about their county mayor Zhang Ba who eliminated crimes by educating the people.

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益都乡里为柳宗语
益都耆旧传
得黄金一笥。不如柳伯騫所识。
Getting a box of gold is not as good as having Liu Buo Qian recognize one’s talent and give one a position.
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益都民为王忳谣
益都耆旧传逸文
信哉少林世无偶。 飞被走马与鬼语。
A song sung by people of Yi Zhou concerning two good things Wang Sha Lin did. One was his burial of a stranger who died. The other one was his being able to talk to ghosts to solve a criminal case.
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人为高慎语
陈留耆旧传逸文
嶷然不语。 名高孝甫。Gao Xiao Fu is quite a quiet person.

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六县吏人为爰珍歌
陈留耆旧传逸文
我有田畴。爰父殖置。我有子弟。爰父教诲。
A song sung by people of Liu county praising their official Xuan Zhen for being able to manage agriculture well and being able to educate the people in order to eliminate crimes.

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筠州人为李公衢语
宜春传信录
输租不使钱。 赖有李屯田。
Words said by people of Yun Zhou praising their deputy mayor Li Gong Qu for being able to stop the corruption of tax officials.