古謠諺

虎子

　　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。
　　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.

虎子

　　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.