卷十八

周怡引谚
訥溪奏议
近朱者赤。 近墨者黑。When one associates with good people, one becomes a good person. When one associates with bad people, one becomes a bad person.
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军民为张栻谣
歷代名臣奏议
百万生灵由五十学士。Words said by people and the military about Zhang Shi. The words said that the lives of millions of people are in his hand.
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郭祚引古谚
歷代名臣奏议
敌不可纵。One should never let one’s enemy escape.
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开竇初定州军中谣
歷代名臣奏议
三千打六万。Using an army of three thousand men to defeat the enemy with sixty thousand men.

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晏子作歌练起大台
晏子春秋
庶民之言曰。冻水洗﹑我若之何。太上靡散﹑我若之何。
A song sung by Yan Zi to advise King Jing of the Lu Kingdom to stop the construction of a platform in the harsh winter weather in which the laborers were freezing to death.

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晏子作歌諫为长庲
晏子春秋
穗乎不得获。秋风至兮殫零落。
风雨之弗杀也。太上之靡弊也。Another song sung by Yan Zi to advise King Jing of the Lu Kingdom to stop the construction of a house when the annual crop yield was not good, and when a rain storm was going on.

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晏子引谚论谗佞
晏子春秋
社鼠不可熏去。Those people who only know how to please the king and then abuse the power the king entrusted in them are like mice that live in the earth deity’s shrine, and are so hard to get rid of.
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西王母侍女歌
汉武內传
仰上升絳庭。下游日窟阿。顾盼八落外。远指九空遐。
A song sung by the servant maid of the mythological figure Xi Wang Mu (the Mother of Western King). The song indicates the vast expanse that someone can travel and see.

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辽东里老诵邴原
邴原別传
邴君行仁。居邑无虎。邴君行廉。路树成社。Bing Yuan does only kind deeds, therefore, there is no tiger bothering his neighborhood. Bing Yuan does not take money he sees on the road, but ties it on a tree. That tree covered with moneythen becomes the landmark of his community.

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荣阳民为殷褒歌
殷氏世传
滎阳令。有异政。脩立学校人易性。令我兄弟耻讼爭。
A song sung by people of Ying Yang praising their mayor Yin Bao who was outstanding in terms of building more schools and educating people, to the extent that people were ashamed tohave legal disputes.

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时人为殷亮谣
殷氏世传
石里之勇殷子华。 暴虎见之合爪牙。A song sung by people about the brave man Yin Zi Hua who saw two tigers fighting over a sheep and took his sword out and split the sheep in half for the two tigers to have half each.

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宣城民为陶汪歌
陶氏家传
人当勤学得主簿。 谁使为之陶明府。
A song sung by people of Xuan Cheng praising a good scholar who was educating people to become civil servants.
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时人为陶覆之语
陶氏家传
定礼决疑。 问陶覆之。
If one has questions concerning the proceedings of a ritual for the ancestral temple, one should ask Tao Fu Zhi.
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时人为沈警语
润玉传
玄机布席。 顛倒宾客。Words said about Shen Jing who was good at reciting poems and was always invited to perform in any social gathering of his time.

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时人为贾昌语
东城老父传
生儿不用识文字。斗鸡走马胜读书。贾家小儿年十三。富贵荣华代不如。能令金距期胜负。白罗绣衫隨软舆。
父死长安千里外。差夫持道挽丧车。
Words said about Jia Chang who got a position in the imperial court to organize cock fights to entertain the emperor. He achieved both wealth and fame for that. The words suggeset that aperson who knows mock fighting is better off than a learned scholar.
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唐玄宗居南內时歌
太真外传
庭前琪树己堪攀。 塞外征人殊未还。
The beautiful tree in the front of the court yard had grown tall enough for someone to climb on it. Yet the person who went on a military mission beyond the border still has not returned.
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时人为杨氏谣
长恨歌传
生女勿悲酸。生男勿喜欢。
男不封侯女作妃。君看女却为门楣。If one has a baby girl, one should not be sad. If one has a baby boy, one does not have to be happy. Just look at Empress Yang who brought both prestige and wealth to her entire family.
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京师为牛僧孺杨虞卿语
牛羊日歷
太牢笔﹑少牢口﹑东西南北何处走。Words said about two court officials, Niu Seng Ru and Yang Yu Qing, who were framing people with different ideas, and causing them to be sent into exile.
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辽宫中为懿德皇后语
焚椒录
孤稳压帕女古靴。菩萨唤作耨斡么。
Words said about Empress Yi De in the court of Liao dynasty. The words explain that the empress looks like Guan Yin Bodhisattva.