古謠諺（清·杜文瀾）

天籁

　瀏口駱駝觜諺
　　方輿勝覽
　　駱駝觜圓。出狀元。
　　Words said about how a man from Luo Tuo Zui will win the first place in the civil service test.
　　
　　鬱林土歌
　　方輿勝覽
　　雲南頭。楚分尾。
　　Words said about the location of Yu Lin being at the beginning of Yun Nan and at the end of Chu.
　　
　　●卷二十七

　　時人為楊雄桓譚語
　　廣輿記
　　玩楊子雲之篇。樂於居千乘之官。挾桓君山之書。
　　富於積猗頓之財。
　　Words said by Yang Xiong and Huan Tan's contemporaries about their fortunes. Yang Xiong obtained the emperor's admiration through his writing, and Huan Tan through giving the emperorgood advice.
　　
　　鑑湖諺
　　廣輿記
　　水繞鑑湖弦。吉水出狀元。
　　A saying about the area around Lake Jian, regarding how people from that area would be the winners of the government civil service test.
　　
　　廬陵民為劉竺歌
　　廣輿記
　　公家無負租。私室有餘粟。
　　A song sung by people of Lu Ling about Liu Zhu, their able official for twenty years. When he was governing Lu Ling, the government had no deficit and every household had extra foodstored.
　　
　　丁溪諺
　　廣輿記
　　水畫丁﹑羅簪纓。
　　A saying in Ding Xi on the coast of the southeast of China, predicting that someone would winthe first place of the government civil service test after a flood.
　　
　　湖廣諺
　　地圖綜要
　　湖廣熟。天下足。
　　When the area around Dong Ting Lake has a good harvest, the entire country hasenough food.
　　
　　颶風諺
　　地圖綜要
　　朝三暮七。晝不過一。
　　Words said about the typhoons that come for three to seven days on the coast of Guang Dong.
　　
　　諸生稱陳選蕭鳴鳳語
　　一統志
　　陳泰山。蕭北斗。
　　Words said by students in the government university praising the virtue and good teaching skills of Chen Xuan and Xiao Ming Fong.
　　
　　上元民為霍韜程【節】歌
　　一統志
　　禮部霍韜天有日。上元程【節】月無雲。
　　A song sung by people of Shang Yuan about Huo Tao and Cheng Jie, who had such kind policies for the people.
　　
　　時人為吳羽文謠
　　一統志
　　木化為人。人化為木。
　　A song sung by people about a famous official, Wu Yu Wen, in Yang Zhou. Wu had someone carve a wooden man that he used in a court session. When the wooden man was standing right outside the court, that meant there were no court cases held that day.
　　
　　績溪南關橋水諺
　　一統志
　　九步流東水。
　　A folk saying about the county of Ji Xi's Nan Guan bridge which is only nine steps away from another county.
　　
　　銅陵管山諺
　　一統志
　　青獅白象。為銅保障。
　　A folk saying about Mount Guan, which is shaped like a lion and an elephant. The saying says that this green tiger and white elephant is a geographical guard for the Tong Ling area.
　　
　　績溪邑人為蘇轍葉楠歌
　　一統志
　　前有蘇黃門。後有葉令君。
　　A song sung by people of Ji Xi about two good officials.
　　
　　滁州豐山諺
　　一統志
　　豐山著帽。豐年之兆。
　　When the top of Mount Fong has clouds shaped like a hat, it is an omen for a good harvest.
　　
　　廣靈雅兒匯諺
　　一統志
　　壽民丹水。
　　A folk saying in Gaung Ling county for the healing power of the water from a local pond named: "Duck-Gathering."
　　
　　青州民為陳勛謠
　　一統志
　　去陳府。百姓苦。
　　A song sung by people of Qing Zhou about their appreciation for their local official Chen Xu. If Chen Xu goes, the general population will suffer.
　　
　　商河聶家窪諺
　　一統志
　　十年九不收。一收勝十秋。
　　A folksaying in Nei Jia valley about the unpredictability of their harvest, which is affectedgreatly by flood. They may go without any harvest for nine years and once they have a goodharvest, it is better than ten years' worth of harvests.
　　
　　溫縣百姓為沃墅歌
　　一統志
　　田野闢。沃公力。衣食足。沃公育。
　　A song sung by people of Wen county about their good mayer Wo Shu, who enactedconstructive agriculture policy and ensured the people's livelihood.
　　
　　鞏昌民為戴浩歌
　　一統志
　　君侯守邊。惠政無前。我行我道。蕩蕩便便。
　　A song sung by people of Gong Chang concerning the good work of their official Dai Hao, who distributed government food without prior authorization in order to counteract a severe famine,and thus risked his own life. He was also able to eliminate bandits on the road so that peoplecould travel easily.
　　
　　時為趙登岳璿謠
　　一統志
　　賢守趙岳。治行卓犖。
　　A saying that people have for two governors of Hu Zhou, praising their competence in designingpolicies good for the people.
　　
　　江西民為王哲謠
　　一統志
　　江西有一哲。六月飛霜雪。天下有十哲。太平無休歇。
　　A song sung by people of Jiang Xi about their top official Wang Zhe, who was able to relievepeople of a major drought by releasing innocent people wrongly convicted, thereby causing it torain. The words say that if there were to be ten Wang Zhe's in the world, there would becontinuous peace.
　　
　　安遠縣三百坑水諺
　　一統志
　　贛州九十九條河。中有一條通博羅。
　　A folk saying about the many rivers in Gan Zhou.
　　
　　興國長信瀧諺
　　一統志
　　龍下三瀧。舟楫莫當。
　　A saying about one section of Lian River where boats cannot go through because of big waves.
　　
　　僧伽行歌
　　一統志
　　趙家天子趙家王。
　　A song sung by a monk who drinks alcohol and eats meat. His song correctly predicts thecoming to power of the Zhao family of the Sung dynasty.
　　
　　時人目戴金石金語
　　一統志
　　楚有二金。臺中錚錚。
　　Words said about Dai Jin and Shi Jin, who came from the same place and were both outstandingofficials.
　　
　　高州民為嚴琥歌
　　一統志
　　生我慈母。活我嚴父。
　　A song sung by people of Gao Zhou expressing their appreciation for their governor Yan Hu.The words say that "My mother gave birth to me, but Yan Hui gave me a life."
　　
　　蒲江民為安郁謠
　　一統志
　　安從周。積柴樓。感天雨。民有秋。昔無衣。今有裘。
　　A song sung by people of Pu Jiang about their official An Yu, who made a sacrifice and got it torain, thereby reliving a major drought and enabling the people to have a harvest.
　　
　　福州九仙山諺
　　一統志
　　三山藏。三山現。三山不可見。
　　A folk saying about the Jiu Xian ("Nine Fairy) Mountain Range. The words say that whenlooking at a certain angle, you see three ranges appearing and the other three hidden, and the lastthree are impossible to see.
　　
　　永福雁湖雪峰山古諺
　　一統志
　　雁湖深。雪峰沈。雁湖淺。雪峰見。
　　An ancient saying about Yan Lake and Mount Snow Peak. They situate right across from eachother.
　　
　　方山水諺
　　一統志
　　水浸方山鼻。不浸獅子耳。
　　Words said about the Min River in Fu Zhou. There are high and low mountains surrounding theriver.
　　
　　清源郡人為薛昱歌
　　一統志
　　郡號清源。官有清德。
　　A song sung by people of Qing Yuan about their mayor Xue Yi, who was righteous and kind tothe people.
　　
　　漁梁山諺
　　一統志
　　無衣無裳。莫過漁梁。
　　A folk saying about Mount Yu Liang which is colder than other places. If one is not wearing enough clothes, one should not go up that mountain.
　　
　　連城民為李弇謠
　　一統志
　　訟者息爭。居者安仁。李公為政。百姓如春。
　　A song sung by people of Lian Cheng about their governor Li Yan, who was able to resolvedisputes by educating the people.
　　
　　歸善平湖諺
　　一統志
　　鱷湖平。出公卿。
　　A folk saying about how government officials are born in the area around E Lake.
　　
　　射木山諺
　　一統志
　　雨未晴。看雲靈。
　　If one wants to know if it is going to rain or not, one only has to look at the clouds on top of SheMu Mountain.
　　
　　北障山諺
　　一統志
　　鳥不過靈川。
　　Even birds cannot fly through Bei Zhang Mountain.
　　
　　時人為鄧盛語
　　一統志
　　一問得竟。皋陶鄧盛。
　　Words said about Deng Sheng, praising his skill in getting criminal suspects to talk by treatingthem well.
　　
　　曲靖民為焦韶歌
　　一統志
　　一本兩穗。嘉禾滿田。太守焦公。其德格天。
　　A song sung by people of Qu Jing about their governor Jiao Shao, who built schools, cut taxesand encouraged bandits to become good people.

天籁

　　湖州民為侯必登歌
　　一統志
　　不可一日無侯公。
　　A song sung by people of Hu Zhou about their governor, Huo Bi Deng. They said:"We cannotlive one day without Mr. Huo."
　　
　　大理民為蔣雲漢語
　　一統志
　　不畏公箠。但畏公唾。
　　Words said by people of Da Li about their governor Jiang Yun Han, who was good at gettingconfessions from suspects by talking to them nicely.
　　
　　太和民為楊南金謠
　　一統志
　　上官不動。權豪不動。財貨不動。
　　A song sung by people of Tai He about their mayor Yang Nan Jin, who never did wrong just toplease his superior and who could not be bought with money or anything else.
　　
　　瓜哇國諺
　　一統志
　　太平闍婆。
　　Words said about about the peaceful and bountiful life in Java.
　　
　　清河水利語
　　天下郡國利病書
　　開了口。渰無走。
　　倒坡水。渰無底。
　　Words said about the devastating flood caused by a broken dyke whenever their is a rain storm inthe Wei River delta.
　　
　　嘉定訟獄言
　　天下郡國利病書
　　人命無真假。只在原告不肯罷。
　　Words said about the judicial system in Jia Ding. Somehow, in that county, the coroner's officeblackmails any househod with a recently deceased person, thereby creating much trouble for theresidents.
　　
　　田土諺
　　天下郡國利病書
　　千年田﹑八百主。
　　Words said about the constant changing of hands of farm lands because the land owners couldnot afford the high taxes.
　　
　　溧陽馬政謠
　　天下郡國利病書
　　糧逐水。田逐馬。
　　A saying in Li Yang about the citizen's civil duty to provide the government with grain andhorses for warfare.
　　
　　徐州楚王山里諺
　　天下郡國利病書
　　山前九十九口井。山後九十九口塚。
　　Words said about Chu Wang Mountain. In front of the mountain, there are ninety-nine wells andin the back of the mountain, there are ninety-nine ancient tombs.
　　
　　曹縣賦役謠
　　天下郡國利病書
　　家有二頃田。頭枕衙門眠。
　　Words said in Cao county about the simple tax plan that people liked better than one that hadmultiple items.
　　
　　臨淄諺
　　天下郡國利病書
　　臨淄出古物。
　　There are many antiques buried in the tombs in Lin Zi.
　　
　　邊人為敵情談二則
　　天下郡國利病書
　　百騎不避城。千騎不避路。萬騎不避鎮。
　　鎮守戰。原野撼。分守戰。山谷斷。守備戰。溪岸判。
　　Words said about battle strategies.
　　
　　預備諺
　　天下郡國利病書
　　冬不可以廢葛。夏不可以廢裘。
　　Words said about a defense preparation system. The words say that in the winter, one should notdiscard summer clothes and in the summer, one should not discard fur coats.
　　
　　北人水旱諺
　　天下郡國利病書
　　北人水旱。聽命於天。
　　People in the north (around the Yellow River) have no control over drought or flooding.
　　
　　鄖陽諺
　　天下郡國利病書
　　何知盜穴。山岩葦茁。
　　Bandits gather around moutains that have complicated geography that makes it hard to search forthings or people.
　　
　　江陵李家堤諺
　　天下郡國利病書
　　水來打破李家堤。荊州便是養魚池。
　　Words said about Jing Zhou. When the water broke Li's dyke, Jing Zhou became a fish pond.
　　
　　蜜溪神潭諺
　　天下郡國利病書
　　蜜溪水﹑神潭茶。
　　The water of Mi River tastes good and the tea grown around Shen Lake is good.
　　
　　浙江田土俚諺
　　天下郡國利病書
　　將錢買田。不如窮漢日安眠。
　　有田應門戶。因田成禍門。
　　A folk saying in Zhe Jiang area. The words say that one would be better off not to buy any landwhen one has money, since when one has land, the government imposes heavy taxes on one'sproperties.
　　
　　漳州民為佃戶謠
　　天下郡國利病書
　　久佃成業。
　　When one becomes a tenant farmer (renting farm lands to do farming), the gain is so little thatone is stuck with that trade forever.
　　
　　時人為葛皓李璋簡沛章極諺
　　天下郡國利病書
　　遇葛李則生。逢章簡必死。
　　Words said about some officials who were in charge of eliminating bandits. When the banditsmeet Ge Hao and Li Zhang, they might live, but if they meet Jian Pei or Zhang Ji, they definitelywill be executed.
　　
　　垠水魚蟹諺
　　天下郡國利病書
　　西水漫漫。魚蟹滿盤。
　　A folk saying about the bountiful fish and crab production of the Yin River.
　　
　　行人為摩泥七亭謠
　　天下郡國利病書
　　摩泥普市天。三日無雨似神仙。
　　A folk saying about the Muo Ni Qi Ting area in Yun Nan, which is constantly rainy.
　　
　　正山諺
　　方輿紀要
　　正山巍峨接星斗。分別岡巒九十九。
　　Words said about the wide-stretching Zheng Mountain Range. Some of the peaks are really high.
　　
　　澠水古諺
　　方輿紀要
　　澠水不冰。瘦馬不渡。
　　An ancient folk saying about Min River. When the Min River is not frozen, skinny horsescannot go cross the river.
　　
　　華林山諺
　　方輿紀要
　　若要華林敗。三寶去立寨。
　　Words said about Hua Lin Mountain where bandits gather. The saying suggests that if thegovernment troops want to eliminate those bandits, they ought to set up a camp on Three JewelPeak.
　　
　　慵嶺諺
　　方輿紀要
　　高霄慵隔。去天三尺。
　　A folk saying about the great height of Yong Mountain.
　　
　　葫蘆山語
　　方輿紀要
　　潮生潮落。葫蘆自若。
　　Hu Lu Mountain stays the same way whether the sea water around it ebbs or flows.
　　
　　延平邵武諺
　　方輿紀要
　　銅延平。鐵邵武。
　　Words said about two cities in the southeast of China. The two cities are easy to guard againstinvasion because of their geographical advantages.
　　
　　釣魚臺諺
　　方輿紀要
　　水浸釣魚臺。上下不通來。
　　When the water level is above the Fishing Plateau (a mountain in a river), there is a major floodand transportation is not possible.
　　
　　●卷二十八

　　太白山俗語
　　三秦記
　　武功太白。去天三百尺。孤雲兩角。去天一握。山水險阻。
　　黃金子午。蛇盤烏櫳。氣與天通。
　　A folk saying concerning the great height and vareigated geography of Mount Tai Bai, which was said to have water within it.
　　
　　隴頭俗歌
　　三秦記
　　隴頭流水。鳴聲幽咽。遙望秦川。心肝斷絕。
　　震關遙望。秦川如帶。
　　Words said about a site, Long Xi, in the western border of China. People from central China often went up to a high military construction to look eastward to their home town. Some people were said to hvae cried to death there because of their extreme homesickness.
　　
　　渡海往大秦國者諺
　　三秦記
　　心無憂患。不經二句。心若憂患。遠離三春。
　　A saying about sea travel to the Roman Empire. If one has no worries in one's heart and meets tail winds, then one arrives there in twenty days. If one has worries in one's heart, then one cannot get there even in a few years' time.
　　
　　甯戚飯牛歌
　　三齊記
　　南山粲。白石爛。生不遭堯與舜禪。短布單衣適至骭。
　　從昏飯牛薄夜半。長夜曼曼何時旦。
　　A song sung by Ning Qi to King Huan of the Qi kingdom. The words say that he is sorry not to meet a good king whom he could serve. King Huan employed him after hearing this song.
　　
　　成武父老為王譚歌
　　吳錄
　　王世容。治無雙。省徭役。盜賊空。
　　A song sung by people of Cheng Wu about their mayor, who was praised as unique in his governing skill. He was able to save the people from mandatory labor and to eliminate robbery.
　　
　　廣陵為陸稠諺
　　吳錄
　　解結理煩。我國陸君。
　　A saying by the people of Guang Ling about Lu Chou's leadership, illustrated by his ability to make his subordinates behave.
　　
　　泡魚蒿豬諺
　　粵志
　　朝為泡魚。暮為蒿豬。朝為嬾婦。暮為奔【豚】。
　　A folk saying about the transformation of the Pao Fish into a porcupine.
　　
　　南土人為牡蠣語
　　南越志
　　得合澗一蠔。雖不足豪。亦可以高。
　　A folk saying by natives of Southern China about their love for oysters.
　　

天籁

　黃牛灘行者語
　　荊州記
　　朝發黃牛。暮宿黃牛。三朝三暮。黃牛如故。
　　Words said about a section of the Yang-tzi River gorge. One could start one's journey in the morning at Yellow Cow beach and would still be in the same place by nightfall. This could go on for three days and nights, so difficult is travel in the section of the river.
　　
　　盛弘之引楚諺
　　荊州記
　　洲不滿百。故不出王者。
　　Since there are only ninety nine island in the rivers of the Jing Zhou area, no emperor will arise. This alludes to the conicidnece of Emperor Jiang Biao's emergence at the same time as the sudden appearance of an extra island. After his demise, that one hundredth island disappeared.
　　
　　麥城諺
　　荊州記
　　東驢西磨﹑麥自破。
　　The two cities, named Donkeys and Mills were built to attack the city of Wheat inbetween. The attack was a success.
　　
　　人為太白山橫雲語
　　長安志
　　南山瀑布。非朝則暮。
　　The clouds up in Tai Bai Mountain look as though they are emitting rain in the morning and evening.
　　
　　人為洪堰量水語
　　長安志
　　水到龜兒嘴。百二十徼水。
　　Words said about the amount of water in a reservoir.
　　
　　陸機引洛陽俗語
　　洛陽記
　　金馬門外聚群賢。銅駝街上集少年。
　　Words said about two districts in the city of Luo Yang. All the intelligent people gather outside the Golden Horse Gate, and the adolescents gather on Bronze Camel Street.
　　
　　射的山諺
　　會稽記
　　射的白。斛一百。射的玄。斛一千。
　　A folk saying about how people determine the price of rice. One shoots an arrow at a rock in a cave. If the arrow lands at a dark, shaded part of the rock, then the price of rice will be high.
　　
　　五蓋山鄉人占年諺
　　湘中記
　　五蓋雪普。米賤如土。雪若不均。米貴如銀。
　　A folk saying concerning how people predict the price of rice in the Five Peak Mountains area. If all of the five peaks are covered with snow, then the price of rice will be low.
　　
　　占霧諺
　　湘中記
　　臘月有霧露。無水做酒醋。
　　It there are fog and dew in the lunar month of December, then there will be a drought in the following year, so severe that there will be no water with which to make vinegar and wine.
　　
　　堯峰院俗語
　　吳郡圖經
　　堯所基。洪川不能沒。上有萬眾棲。
　　Words said about the location of Yao Fong Temple. It is high up in a mountain where a river's flood cannot possibly reach. There are thousands of people living up there, too.
　　
　　錫山古謠
　　常州圖經
　　有錫兵。無錫寧。
　　A folk saying concering Tin mountain. If there is mining of tin, there is war; if there is no mining of tin, there is peace.
　　
　　京口士大夫語
　　嘉定鎮江志
　　生居洛陽。死葬朱方。
　　Words said by the intellectuals in the capital city of Luo Yang concerning their choice of burial sites, which were in the southeast coast of China.
　　
　　鞭春看燈里諺
　　至順鎮江志
　　好男勿鞭春。好女勿看燈。
　　Concerning customs of the Chinese new year in the Zhen Jiang area: on the first day of spring, men should not go to see the whipping of the cow,since they might be trampled to death by the crowd trying to catch pieces of the animal. Likewise, women should not go to the light show because of the crowd there.
　　
　　●卷二十九

　　酈道元引俗諺釋清泉河
　　水經注
　　高梁無上源。清泉無下尾。
　　Words referring to the tiny creeks in the Yu Yang area. The flow of water in these creeks was so slow that it was hard to determine the origin and the end of the river.
　　
　　酈道元引古諺釋南北岈
　　水經注
　　南岈北岈。萬有餘家。
　　Words referring to the over ten thousand households residing around the Han River valley.
　　
　　泗上求鼎謠
　　水經注
　　稱樂太早絕鼎絲。
　　A folk song that was a sarcastic remark on the first emperor's joyousness before the time when the nine ancinet tripods of bronze, symbols of power for the Chinese ruler beginning in the ancient Xia dynasty, were even found in the Si River.
　　
　

天籁

　澇灘淨灘諺
　　水經注
　　冬澇夏淨。斷官使命。
　　Words said about two sections of the Han River. The two places had too little water in the winter and too much water in the summer, making sailing extremely difficult.
　　
　　樊陂喭
　　水經注
　　陂汪汪。下田良。樊子失業庾公昌。
　　Words said about a hilly area near a river. Originally the Fan households lived there, but later on, they lost the property to the Yu household.
　　
　　頭灘行者歌
　　水經注
　　灘頭白勃堅相持。倏忽淪沒別無期。
　　A song about a section of the Yang-Tzi River. The water in this section are so fierce that even fish and turtles can not swim there. It is easy to sink one's boat there, too.
　　
　　湘川【漁】者歌
　　水經注
　　帆隨湘轉。望衡九面。
　　Words referring to what one could see when traveling in one section of the Xiang River, where one could see nine different sides of Mount Heng.
　　
　　橘洲諺
　　水經注
　　昭潭無底橘洲浮。
　　One section of the Xiang River is adjacent to Mount Zhao, which has a very deep lake at its bottom. After that point, the Xiang River reaches the west of Nan Jin city, where the Ju island sits in the western portion of the river.
　　
　　漢末童謠
　　水經注
　　天子當興東南三餘之間。
　　Words referring to the place, from which the warlord Sun Quan of the Three Kingdom period would originate.
　　
　　武陵綠蘿山土人歌
　　水經注
　　仰茲山兮迢迢。層石搆兮嵯峨。朝日麗兮陽巖。
　　落景梁兮陰阿。鄣壑兮生音。吟籟兮相和。敷芳兮綠林。
　　恬淡兮潤波。樂茲潭兮安流。緩爾櫂兮詠歌。
　　A folk song sung by the native of Wu Ling expressing the pleasant feelings caused by the beautiful scenery of that area. The water, the mountain, the green forest, and the beautiful sunshine compose this song.
　　
　　楊慎引諺驗反照
　　山海經
　　日沒胭脂紅。無雨必有風。
　　If the sky is red like red rouge after the sun sets, then there will be either rain or wind arising.
　　
　　巴東三峽漁者歌
　　宜都山川記
　　巴東三峽巫峽長。猿鳴三聲淚沾裳。
　　巴東三峽猿鳴悲。猿鳴三聲淚沾衣。
　　A song sung by the fishermen in the Three Gorges area of the Yang-Tzi River. The gorges are so windy that it takes a long time to get through them. When people are sailing on the boat in these sections of the river, they could hear apes howling constantly. The song says that people are eager to get on dry land after hearing the apes' howling.
　　
　　周必大引俗諺
　　吳郡諸山錄
　　太平州不如蕪湖。不如黃池。
　　A folk saying concerning the prosperity of three cities, Tai Ping Zhou, Wu Hu and Huang Chi. Among them, Huang Chi ranks as the most prosperous.
　　
　　時人為嶽麓書院諺
　　嶽麓舊志
　　道林三百眾。書院一千徒。
　　Words said about the prosperity of the Yue Lu College in Hu Nan, which was ranked as the best during the Song dynasty.
　　
　　萬曆癸未鎮江鐵踏謠
　　北固山志
　　風吹鐵寶塔。水淹京口閘。
　　A song sung about the Iron Tower of Zhen Jiang. The wind blew the tower off and the water flooded the dyke in Jing Kou.
　　
　　陳洄泛月扣舷歌
　　山棲志
　　吹玉簫兮弄明月。明月照兮頭成雪。頭成雪兮將奈何。
　　白鷺起兮衝素波。
　　A song sung by Chen Hui concerning the moon reflected in the water while he played the flute. The moon was so bright when it shone upon Chen's head, it was as though he had grey hair.
　　
　　閿鄉秦山諺
　　名勝志
　　秦為頭。虢為尾。
　　Words said about the great Mount Qin which encompases two districts: Qin and Guo.
　　
　　京師為瑤光寺尼語
　　洛陽伽藍記
　　洛陽女兒急作髻。瑤光寺尼奪女婿。
　　Some sarcastic remarks about the Buddhist nuns in Yao Guang Temple after some nuns were raped by military men of a foreign tribe during the invasion of Luo Yang. The girls in the City of Luo Yang were eager to style their hair for their wedding, yet the nuns from Yao Guang Temple snatched their grooms.
　　
　　京師為青州刺史謠語
　　洛陽伽藍記
　　獄中無繫囚。舍內無青州。假令家道惡。腹中不懷愁。
　　Words referring to a snobbish custom that Qing Zhou has always had, which its govenor would have to know before starting his job.
　　
　　京師為伊洛魚語
　　洛陽伽藍記
　　伊洛鯉魴。貴於牛羊。
　　The carp from the Luo River and the fresh water bream from the Yi River are more of a delicacy then beef or mutton.
　　
　　京師為白馬寺甜榴語
　　洛陽伽藍記
　　白馬甜榴。一實直牛。
　　One of the sweet and huge grapes grown in the White Horse Temple is worth a cow.
　　
　　游俠為白墮酒語
　　洛陽伽藍記
　　不畏張弓拔刀。唯畏白墮春醪。
　　Words said by wandering martial men about the wine that Liu Bai Duo brewed. One is not afraid of streching a bow or using a knife, but one is afaid of drinking Liu Bai Duo's wine, since drinking it could knock people unconscious for a whole month.
　　
　　秦民為河間王婢朝雲語
　　洛陽伽藍記
　　快馬健兒。不如老嫗吹篪。
　　Words said about a servantmaid of the Governor of Qin Zhou, Wang Chen. She was good at playing a kind of flute. Wang Chen had trouble settling the uprising of the Qiang tribes' people. He then asked the servantmaid to masquerade herself as an old beggar and play her flute in the area where the Qiang bandits were. These Qiang bandits were all moved by the music and decided to become good citizens.
　　
　　魏時人為上高里歌
　　洛陽伽藍記
　　洛陽東北上高里。殷之頑民昔所止。今日百姓造甕子。
　　人皆棄去住者恥。
　　A song sung by people of the Wei dynasty concerning a northeast area of the City of Luo Yang. A group of people, descendants of the ancient Shang dyansty, lived there and made pottery for their living. The chased away people who were not their kind and wanted to live there.
　　
　　范式墓諺
　　城塚記
　　大鼎山前十八塚。末末東頭范巨卿。
　　There are eighteen graves in front of Da Ding Mountain. The last one on the east is the grave of Fan Ju Qing.
　　

天籁

　●卷三十

　　人為許晏諺
　　陳留風俗傳逸文
　　殿上成群﹑許偉君。
　　Words referring to the outstanding scholar, Xu Yan, who was good at explicating poems from the Lu kingdom.
　　
　　猴頭羹諺
　　臨海異物志逸文
　　人寧負人千石之羹。不願負人猴頭羹臛。
　　Words said about a strange custom of a foreign tribe An Jia. These people were fond of a thick soup made of monkey brain.
　　
　　檳榔俗語
　　臨海異物志逸文
　　檳榔扶留。可以忘憂。
　　Words said about the soothing effects of chewing beetle nuts together with some kind of vine and oyster shell powder.
　　
　　楊桃諺
　　臨海異物志逸文
　　楊桃無蹙。一歲三熟。
　　The fruit Yang Tao is produced only three times a year.
　　
　　木奴諺
　　北戶錄逸文
　　木奴千。無凶年。
　　If one had a thousand Mu Nu trees, one would never starve since the Mu Nu fruit can be bartered for rice.
　　
　　瓊振二州人喭
　　嶺表錄異記逸文
　　跳石牛骨碌。好笑又好哭。
　　People between the Qiong and Zhen area making fun of cows and the people riding them, who try to jump across a river with a rocky riverbed. When the cows fail to jump across, both the people and the cow flow down the river.
　　
　　張翰秋風歌
　　中吳紀聞
　　秋風起兮佳景時。吳江水兮鱸正肥。三千里兮家為歸。
　　恨難得兮仰天悲。
　　A song sung by Zhang Han, who served as an official for Prince Qi. One day when he was in the capital and the autumn wind started to blow, he sang this song to express his feelings for the autumn landscape and the fish in the Wu River. This made him homesick, and he decided that since he was not happy with his job anyway, he would quit and go home.
　　
　　大觀中姑蘇小兒唱
　　中吳紀聞
　　沈逍遙。
　　A short children's song in the Wu area. It correctly predicted the wrongful accusation, due to a political struggle in the court, of illegal minting by Zhang Yan. Before this time, the Wu area had not seen turmoil of any kind for over three hundred years.
　　
　　桂林古諺
　　桂海虞衡志
　　癸水繞東城。永不見刀兵。
　　A folk saying about the city of Gui Lin, where the Li River protects against invasion by surrounding its eastern edge.
　　
　　周去非引南人言論餘甘獐肉
　　嶺外代答
　　餘甘一時熟。獐一日肥。
　　Words said by people in southern China about one type of stone fruit by the name of Yu Gan, which is only good for a few hours after it ripens. The meat of the roebuck is only good on the day the roebuck happens to be fat.
　　
　　杭人為西湖諺
　　武林舊事
　　銷金鍋兒。
　　Words said about Xi Hu (the West Lake) in the City of Hang Zhou, concerning the large number of tourists who go there all year round, spending much money there.
　　
　　餛飩餺飥諺
　　武林舊事
　　冬餛飩。年【餺】飥。
　　Words said about merchants' custom of taking three days off just before the winter solstice. They eat some dumplings as their festive food.
　　
　　擂搥諺
　　武林舊事
　　杭州人一日喫三十丈木頭。
　　Words said about the large quantity of rice that the people in Hang Zhou consume in one day.
　　
　　吳自牧引杭人諺論日用
　　夢梁錄
　　東菜西水。南柴北米。
　　Words said about the directions of the sources of daily produce and goods needed by the people of Hang Zhou.
　　
　　吳自牧引俗諺論善惡
　　夢梁錄
　　作善者降百祥。天神祐之。作惡者降千災。鬼神禍之。
　　People who do virtuous deeds have auspiciousness descending upon them and heavenly deities protecting them. People who do bad deeds shall only encounter thousands of disasters and have ghosts troubling them.
　　
　　吳自牧引俗諺論宴會
　　夢梁錄
　　燒香點茶。挂畫插花。四般閒事。不宜累家。
　　Words said about the ease of holding banquets, so long as one knows how to use the right servants to make proper arrangements.
　　
　　陸友仁引吳農諺論占年
　　吳中舊事
　　甲甲猶自可。乙酉怕殺人。
　　Words said by farmers of the Wu area (near the present day Su Zhou). If it rains during certain hours during the lunar May month, then they will not be able to harvest their wheat crop.
　　
　　葉少蘊引吳人俚語
　　吳中舊事
　　等人易得久。瞋人易得醜。
　　It takes forever to wait for other people. Being angry with other people makes one ugly.
　　
　　蘇州除夕群兒呼語
　　平江記事
　　賣癡獃。千貫賣汝癡。萬貫賣汝獃。見賣儘多送。
　　要賒隨我來。
　　Words that children call out on New Year's Eve on the streets of Su Zhou. The words accuse people of that area of being fools.
　　
　　元延祐中太倉民謠二則
　　平江記事
　　打碗花子開。今搬州縣來。
　　黃郎屋上走。州來住不久。
　　A folk song predicting the designation of Tai Chang as the capital of the State of Kun Shan during the Yuan Zhen era and the cancellation of that designation during the Zhi Zheng era.
　　
　　吳人為太守謠
　　吳風錄
　　曹平分。傅白奪。
　　Words said by people of the Wu area about their governors, who imposed governor's tax on the merchants.
　　
　　無代時湖州諺
　　西吳枝乘
　　放爾生。放爾命。放爾湖州作百姓。
　　During the Five Dyansties era, the south of the Yang-Zi River was in constant warfare. Hu Zhou was the only peaceful place.
　　
　　吳興土人語
　　西吳枝乘
　　大頭菜。小頭魚。
　　Words said by the natives of Wu Xing about two kinds of regional delicacy, namely, a kind of fish and a kind of vegetable native to the area.
　　
　　閩人食品語
　　閩部疏
　　山食鷓鴣獐。海食馬鮫鯧。
　　Words said about two kinds of delicacy in the Min area, namely, quails and the Chang fish.
　　
　　李實引諺釋入霑出霑
　　蜀語
　　入霑有雨出霑晴。
　　Words said about the ten rainy days after the autumnal equinox.
　　
　　李實引諺占霧
　　蜀語
　　霧溝晴。霧山雨。
　　Words said by people of the Shu area (present day Si Chuan) about the way they tell if rain is coming. When the mountain looks foggy, it is surely going to rain.
　　
　　羅旁猺謠二則
　　南越筆記
　　撞石鼓。萬家為我虜。吹士角。我兵齊宰剝。
　　官有萬兵。我有萬山。兵來我去。兵去我還。
　　Two songs sung by the bandits in southern China, who held an uprising against the central government during the Wan Li era of the Ming dynasty. The words are expressing the advantage of having a very mountanous region to hide in.
　　
　　行旅為倉振高芝歌
　　南越筆記
　　倉榕高松。手澤重重。高松倉榕。夾道陰濃。
　　A song sung by travelers to Xin Zhou in southern China about their appreciation of the two governors who planted two type of trees, pine and banyan.
　　
　　●卷三十一

　　俗傳灩澦堆語
　　峽程記
　　灩澦大如象。瞿塘不敢上。
　　灩澦大如馬。瞿塘不可下。
　　灩澦大如牛。瞿塘不可流。
　　灩澦大如鱉。瞿塘行舟絕。
　　灩澦大如龜。瞿塘不可窺。
　　灩澦大如服。瞿塘不可觸。
　　Yanyu is piled up by stones, and the Tutang is one of the three gorges located in Sichuan provience. The larger Yanyu is, the more dangerous the Tutang is to travel at.
　　
　　衡山縣謠言
　　郴行錄
　　當陷萬家。
　　The Wan family living in Henshan county was flooded during thunder strom, and there became a big pond.
　　
　　江水俗諺
　　入越記
　　第一楊子江。第二錢塘江。第三楓江。
　　The first one is Yanzi river, the second one is Qiantang river and the third one is Feng river with roaring waves.
　　
　　金焦兩山諺
　　入越記
　　金山屋裹山。焦山山裹屋。
　　There are temples in Jinshan; There are mountains in temples of Jiaoshan.
　　
　　范成大引蜀語
　　吳船錄
　　益梓利。夔最下。忠涪恭。萬尤卑。
　　Fan traveled in Sichuan and found the county was the most desolated.
　　
　　范成大引驗廬山晴雨俗語
　　吳船錄
　　廬山戴帽。平地安灶。廬山繫腰。平地安橋。
　　It will be raining when the midst of Lu mountain's is clouded; It will be shinny when the top of Lu mountain's is clouded. (cloud-capped)
　　
　　人為蜀僧語
　　入蜀記
　　下江者疾走如煙。上江者鼻孔撩天。徒勞他二佛打供。
　　了不見一僧坐禪。

天籁

　Buddhist monks went down to Sichuan to visit two temples, and they proudly thought that they had got the truth when coming back.
　　
　　舞十般癩語
　　西湖志餘
　　一般癩來一般癩。渾身爛了肚皮在。也不礙。
　　It does not matter even if a person is suffered from the ulcer outside surface of the body, his belly is still ok.
　　
　　渣城白水諺
　　滇程記
　　渣城白水。半人半鬼。
　　The road located in Yunnan is very dangerous to pass by.
　　
　　安南哈馬莊諺
　　滇行記
　　馬怕哈馬莊。
　　The horses are afraid of passing Hama village located in Yunnan provience.
　　
　　諸葛洞諺
　　滇黔紀遊
　　若要此洞開。除非諸葛來。
　　It is very hard to pass the cave named Zhuge located between Guizhou and Yunnan.
　　
　　黔中風雨語
　　滇黔紀遊
　　雨師好黔。風伯好滇。
　　It is good for Guizhou provience to have more rain, and it is good for Yunnan to have more wind according to their respective environment.
　　
　　貴州里數諺
　　滇黔紀遊
　　貴州沒天理。十里當五里。
　　The roads in Guizhou, plateau area, are not flat and vast.
　　
　　瘴氣諺
　　粵述
　　青草黃茅瘴。不死成和尚。
　　From spring to end of fall, the miasma, which can cause people sick, appears in south China and south-east China.
　　
　　猺人為猺女嚲雲孃諺
　　赤雅
　　鳳裘無冬。蝶綃無夏。驃雪無前。嚲雲無價。
　　Chuanyun riding precious horse, dressing fur coat and silk skirt, looks like supernatural being.
　　
　　白夷飲食諺
　　土夷考
　　青青白夷菜。動動白夷肉。
　　People living in Baiyi eat all kinds of vegetables as long as they are green, and all kinds of meat as long as the animals are alive.
　　
　　三佛齊國舊港諺
　　瀛涯勝覽
　　一季種田。三季收稻。
　　The lands in San Fuoqi are fertile and harvest easily.
　　
　　阿枝國節氣諺
　　瀛涯勝覽
　　半年有雨半年晴。
　　Azhi is a place with half year rain and half year sunshine.
　　
　　海南風土諺
　　海槎餘錄
　　四時皆是夏。一雨便成秋。
　　急脫急著。勝如服藥。
　　In Hainan island, four seasons are summer, but after rain it will become cold. Changing clothes in time is better than taking medicine.
　　
　　日本五島諺
　　海錄圖東洋記
　　日本好貨。五島難過。
　　Japan has many good native products, but it is hard to transport them.
　　
　　●卷三十二

　　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.
　　
　　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.
　　
　　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.
　　
　　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.
　　
　　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.
　　
　　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.
　　
　　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.
　　
　　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.
　　
　　呂居仁引諺論忍
　　官箴
　　忍事敵災星。
　　Tolerance is the rival of fight.
　　
　　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.
　　
　　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.
　　
　　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.
　　
　　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.
　　
　　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.
　　
　　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.
　　
　　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.
　　
　　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.
　　
　　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.
　　
　　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.
　　
　　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.
　　
　　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.
　　
　　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.
　　
　　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.
　　
　　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.
　　
　　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.
　　
　　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.