漁父歌
吳越春秋
日月昭昭乎侵已馳。與子期乎蘆之漪。
日已夕兮予心憂悲。月已馳兮何不渡為。事寖急兮當奈何。
蘆中人。蘆中人。豈非窮士乎。
a song sung by a fisherman to wu zi xu, who took prince jian’s son to escape from the slayingof zheng’s king ding. the song was expressing his willingness in helping wu to escape.
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伍子胥引河上歌
吳越春秋
同病相憐。同憂相救。驚翔之鳥。相隨而集。瀨下之水。
因復俱流。胡馬望北風而立。越鷰向日而熙。誰不愛其所近。
悲其所思者乎。
a song saying that people could empathize with other people who had gone through the same experience as they had.
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申包胥歌
吳越春秋
吳為無道。封豕長蛇。以食上國。欲有天下。政從楚起。
寡君出在草澤。使來告急。
a song sung by shen bao shi, a subject of the king of the chu kingdom, to the king of the qin kingdom, requesting their assistance in recovering his kingdom, chu, from the invasion of thewu kingdom.
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樂師扈子琴曲
吳越春秋
王耶王耶何乖烈。不顧宗廟聽讒孽。任用無忌多所殺。
誅夷白氏族幾滅。二子東奔適吳越。吳王哀痛助忉怛。垂涕舉兵將西伐。伍胥白喜孫武決。三戰破郢王奔發。
留兵縱騎虜荊闕。楚荊骸骨遭發掘。鞭辱腐屍恥難雪。
幾危宗廟社稷滅。嚴王何罪國幾絕。卿士悽愴民惻悷。
吳軍雖去怖不歇。願王更隱撫忠節。勿為讒口能謗褻。
a long song that the court musician hu zi qin sang to chu’s king zhao to remind him of the brutal and sad history of the chu kingdom and to advise him not to listen to those court offcials who pleased him but only gave him bad advice.
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越王夫人歌
吳越春秋
仰飛鳥兮烏鳶。凌玄虛號翩翩。集洲渚兮優恣。啄蝦矯翮兮雲間。
任厥兮往還。 妾無罪兮負地。
有何辜兮譴天。颿颿獨兮西往。孰知返兮何年。心惙惙兮若割。淚泫泫兮雙懸。彼飛鳥兮鳶烏。
已迴翔兮翕蘇。心在專兮素蝦。
何居食兮江湖。徊復翔兮游颺。
去復返兮於乎。始事君兮去家。終我命兮君都。終來遇兮何幸。離我國兮去吳。妻衣褐兮為婢。
夫去冕兮為奴。歲遙遙兮難極。
冤悲痛兮心惻。腸千結兮服膺。
於乎哀兮忘食。願我身兮如烏。
身翱翔兮矯翼。去我國兮心搖。情憤惋兮誰識。
a song sung by the queen of the yue kingdom when the yue king was spared his life and allowed to live in the wu kingdom as a slave after yue was conquered by the wu kingdom.
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采葛婦歌
吳越春秋
葛不連蔓【葉】台台。我君心苦命更之。嘗膽不苦甘如飴。
令我采葛以作絲。飢不遑食四體疲。女工織兮不敢遲。
弱於羅兮輕霏霏。號絺素兮將獻之。越王悅兮忘罪除。
吳王歡兮飛尺書。增封益地賜羽奇。几杖茵褥諸侯儀。
群臣拜舞天顏舒。我王何憂能不移。
a song sung by women who were picking plants for weaving very soft fabric to give to the king of wu. the song expresses their understanding of their own king, the king of yue, in pleasing the king of wu in the process of a long-term plan to recover the yue kingdom.
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作彈歌
吳越春秋
斷竹續竹。飛土逐【肉】。
a song about the origin of bows and arrows. originally people were only using rocks to chase away the birds that were eating the corpses of their dead parents to express their filial piety.
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軍士離別詞
吳越春秋
礫躁摧長恧兮。擢戟馭殳。所離不降兮。以泄我王氣蘇。
三軍一飛降兮。所向皆殂。一士判死兮。而當百夫。
道祐有德兮。吳卒自屠。雪我王宿恥兮。威振八都。
軍伍難更兮。勢如貔貙。行行各努力兮。於乎於乎。
a song sung by family and soldiers of the yue kingdom when they were going to attack the wu kingdom to avenge their past humiliation. the song expresses their resolution to die for thismission.
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樂師暢辭
吳越春秋逸文
屯乎。今欲伐吳。可未耶。
a song sung by the musician of the king of yue expressing determination to attack the wu kingdom for revenge.
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漁父歌
越絕書
日昭昭侵已施。與子期甫蘆之碕。
心中目施。子可渡河。何為不出。
a song sung by the fisherman to wu zi xu who was escaping from the chu kingdom. the song is expressing the fisherman’s willingness in assisting wu’s escape.
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巴人為陳紀山歌
華陽國志
築室載直梁。國人以貞真。邪娛不揚目。枉行不動身。
姦軌辟乎遠。理義協乎民。
a song sung by people of ba in praising the honesty and virtue of chen ji shan.
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巴郡民為吳約歌二則
華陽國志
習習晨風動。澍雨潤乎苗。我后恤時務。我民以優饒。
望遠忽不見。惆悵嘗徘徊。恩澤實難忘。悠悠心永懷。
two songs sung by the people of ba to express their eternal appreciation of their mayor for hisgood work.
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漢世為唐蒙諺
華陽國志
思都郵。斬令頭。
words said about tang meng on how he executed one of his subordinates for being homesickduring a mission.
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蜀人為先尼和女張貞妻語
華陽國志
符有先絡。僰道張帛。
words said about the miraculous tales in which people could find the bodies of their drowned loved ones floating on the river after they went to the spot and cried or went into the river to search.
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南廣郡行人語
華陽國志
猶溪赤水。盤蛇七曲。盤羊烏櫳。氣與天通。看都護泚。
住拄呼尹。庲降賈子。左儋七里。
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時人為何平句扶張翼廖化語
華陽國志
前有何句。後有張廖。
words said about the chronology of the generals of the shu kingdom.
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巴蜀為譙登文石張羅語
華陽國志
譙登治涪城。文石在巴西。張羅守合水。巴氐那得前。
words said about the generals that the shu kingdom had stationed on different key sites so thatbandits could not do much damage.
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溫縣民為王渙歌
華陽國志
王稚子。世未有。平徭役。百姓喜。
a song sung by people of wen county in praising their mayor for his leadership, which was friendly to the people.
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時人為折像賓客諺
華陽國志
折氏客誰。朱雲卿。殷節英。中有佃子趙仲平。
但說天文論五經。
words said about zhe xiang who was generous to people and had guests in his house. they would gather and discuss astrology and scriptures.
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蜀中為費貽歌
華陽國志
節義至仁﹑費奉君。不仕亂世避惡君。修身於蜀。記名亦足。後世為大族。a song sung by people of shu praising the virtues of fei yi.
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元康三年蜀中童謠二則
華陽國志
郫城堅。盎底穿。郫城細。子李特細。
巴郡葛。當下美。
two children’s songs sung in the central shu area about two places, pi and ba. about the strong construction of the town of pi and the beautiful plant called ge of ba.
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綿竹民為閻憲謠
華陽國志
閻尹賦政。既明且昶。去苛去辟。動以禮讓。a song sung by people of mian zhi concerning their good mayor yan xian who felt that the education of the people came before punishment.
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時人為楊氏四子語
華陽國志
三苗不止。四珍復起。
words said about the four sons of a woman, tai ying, who managed to cultivate her sons well after her husband died.
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蜀民為何隨語
華陽國志
安漢吏取糧。令為之償。
words said by people of shu about he sui, the mayor of an han, who was really honest in that when there was a famine, he took the taro root from people, but then he placed cloth on the sideof the field as his payment.
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時人為趙孟語
華陽國志逸文
事有變。問疵面。
if one cannot make one’s mind up about something, one should consult zhao meng.
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北州童為朱項棗嵩謠
十六國春秋
府中赫赫﹑朱邱伯。十囊五囊﹑八棗郎。
a children’s song sung in you zhou about their governor wang jun, who was arrogant, ran anextravagant life style, and employed unkind people.
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軍中為汲桑謠
十六國春秋
士為將軍何可羞。六月重茵被衲裘。不識寒暑斷他頭。中夜斬首謝并州。
a song sung in the military about ji sang, who promoted himself as the ccmander-in-chiefafter his superior, prince yin, died. the song also talks about how he once wrapped himself infur in a hot summer day and had someone fan him. when he did not get cool enough, he simplyasked that fanner be killed.
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臨水人為張樓謠
十六國春秋
陽平張樓頭如箱。見人切齒劇虎狼。
a song sung in lin shui about its mayor zhang luo who was ruthless in his style of lawenforcement.
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陳武引里語
十六國春秋
都亭鼠數聞長者。
even a mouse in the local pagoda has heard of the revered men in history.
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隴上童為王擢謠
十六國春秋
十斗二升沙。誰為王擢家。
a children’s song predicting the defeat of a warlord wang zhuo.
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苻堅時鳳皇歌
十六國春秋
鳳皇于飛。其羽翼翼。翊我聖后。饗齡萬億。
the phoenixes are flying with very strong wings. they ensure that our empress has a long life.
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時人為釋道安諺
十六國春秋
學不師安。義不中難。
if one learns from shi dao an, one gets the true meaning of everything.
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時人為梁氏兄弟語
十六國春秋
關東堂堂。二申兩房。未若二梁。瑰文綺章。
words said about the two liang brothers, who were both good writers.
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趙整諷苻堅歌
十六國春秋
地列酒泉。天垂酒池。杜康妙識。儀狄先知。紂喪殷邦。
桀傾夏國。由此言之。前危後則。
穫黍西秦。採麥東齊。春封夏發。鼻納心迷。
a song sung by a subject of emperor fu jian of hou qin dynasty to advise fu jian not to drinktoo much since previously several emperors had drunk their thrones away.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
平原民為索稜歌
十六國春秋
懿矣明守。庶績允釐。剖符作宰。實獲我思。
a song sung by people of ping yuan, praising their governor suo leng as a very reasonable andunderstanding ruler.
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時人為龐世謠
十六國春秋
龐家之巷。車馬轔轔。泥丸之日無弔賓。弔賓不至何所因。
由性苛克寡所親。a song sung concerning pang shi who was so hard for people to associate with that no one cameto his funeral.
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張休祖述時人語
十六國春秋
寧逢三千頭虎。不逢張休祖。one would rather meet three thousand tigers than meet zhang xu zu.
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秦雍為辛民兄弟諺
十六國春秋
五龍一門。金友玉昆。
words praising the xin brothers, who were all learned.
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時人為張沖謠
十六國春秋
推財不疑﹑張長思。
zhang chang si never hesitated to give his wealth away to others.
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時人為李始語
十六國春秋
欲養老。屬太保。
if one wants to have job security and good retirement benefits, one should work for li shi.
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吏人為劉聰歌
吏人為劉聰歌
我有賢后。能任元明。政理人殷。
words praising liu cong as a very learned scholar and a good official.
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時人為權翼符雅語
十六國春秋逸文
不為權翼富。寧作符雅貧。
one would rather be poor and happy like fu ya than be rich and unhappy like quan yi.