四皓隱歌 高士傳 莫莫高山。深谷逶迤。曄曄紫芝。可以療飢。 唐虞世遠。吾將何歸。駟馬高蓋。其憂甚大。 富貴之畏人兮。不如貧賤之肆志。 Living in this deep mountain and eating some purple fungus to stop hunger, we cannot go back to the society because of that tyrant. Having wealth and prestige by being a court official comes at a cost. Being poor and having low social status give people freedom. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 時人為張氏諺 文士傳逸文 相里張。 多賢良。 積善應。 子孫昌。 Words people said about the excellent and prosperous descendants of Zhang Liang who helped Liu Bang in establishing the Han dynasty. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 時人為竇武語 群輔錄 天下忠誠﹑竇游平。The most loyal and faithful in the world is Dou You Ping. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 時人為陳蕃語 群輔錄 天下義府﹑陳仲舉。The most unselfish person in the world is Chen Zhong Ju. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 時人為劉淑語 群輔錄 天下德弘﹑劉仲承。The most virtuous person in the world is Liu Zhong Cheng. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 時人為郭泰語 群輔錄 天下和雍﹑郭林宗。 The most amiable person in the world is Guo Lin Zong. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 時人為夏馥語 群輔錄 天下慕恃﹑夏子治。 The most admired person in the world is Xia Zi Zhi. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 時人為尹勳語 群輔錄 天下英藩﹑尹伯元。 The most outstanding person in the world is Yi Buo Yuan.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 時人為羊陟語 群輔錄 天下清苦﹑羊嗣祖。 The most frugal person in the world is Yang Si Zu. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 時人為劉儒語 群輔錄 天下寶金﹑劉叔林。The precious gold of the world is Liu Shi Lin. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 時人為蔡衍語 群輔錄 天下雅志﹑蔡孟喜。 The most elegant person in the world is Cai Meng Xi.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 時人為巴肅語 群輔錄 天下臥虎﹑巴恭祖。 Ba Gong Zu is like a tiger that is hidden. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 時人為宗慈語 群輔錄 天下通儒﹑宗孝初。 The most learned scholar in the world is Zong Xiao Chu. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 時人為陳翔語 群輔錄 海內貴珍﹑陳子鱗。Chen Zi Lin is the rare and precious jewel of the world. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 時人為張儉語 群輔錄 海內忠烈﹑張元節。 Zhang Yuan Jie is the loyal martyr of the world. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 時人為范滂語 群輔錄 海內謇諤﹑范孟博。 The most honest person in the world is Fan Meng Buo. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 時人為檀敷語 群輔錄 海內通士﹑檀文有。 The most knowledgeable person in the world is Tan Wen You. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 時人為孔昱語 群輔錄 海內才珍﹑孔世元。 Kong Shi Yuan is one of the world’s rare talented people. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 時人為苑康語 群輔錄 海內彬彬﹑苑真。 Yuan Zhen has the best manner in the world. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 時人為岑晊語 群輔錄 海內珍好﹑岑公孝。Chen Gong Xiao is loved by people in the world. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 時人為劉表語 群輔錄 海內所稱﹑劉景升。 Liu Jing Sheng is the most complimented person in the world. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 時人為王商語 群輔錄 海內賢智﹑王伯義。 Wang Buo Yi is known in the world to be wise. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 時人為蕃嚮語 群輔錄 海內修整﹑蕃嘉景。 Fan Jia Jing is the most particular with regard to his clothing. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 時人為秦周語 群輔錄 海內貞良﹑秦平王。 Qin Ping Wang is the most loyal subject in the world. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 時人為胡母班語 群輔錄 海內珍奇﹑胡母季皮。 The most unusual person the world is Hu Me Ji Pi. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 時人為劉翔語 群輔錄 海內光光﹑劉子相。 The most lustrous person in the world is Liu Zi Xiang.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 時人為王考語 群輔錄 海內依怙﹑王文祖。Wang Wen Zu is who the world relies on. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 時人為張邈語 群輔錄 海內嚴恪﹑張孟卓。 The most stringent regarding manners is Zhang Meng Zhuo. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 時人為度尚語 群輔錄 海內清明﹑度博平。The most honest official is Du Buo Ping. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 荊楚為文殊金像謠 蓮社高賢傳 陶惟劍椎。像以神標。雲翔泥宿。 邈可遙遙。可以誠至。難以力招。 A song sung by people of Jing Chu about a gold statue of Bodhisattva Manjushri. A government official was trying to take it away for his own possession but the statue sank into the river. However, when a Buddhist temple was built, the statue emerged to the surface for people to enshrine it in the temple. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 時人為寇準語 宋名臣言行錄 寇準上殿。 百僚股栗。 When Kou Zhun got into the imperial court, all court officials were scared of him naming their faults. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 京師為臺官語 宋名臣言行錄 絕市無臺官。 All the officials responsible for giving ethical advice to the emperor were chased away. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 人為嶺南八州言 宋名臣言行錄 春循奉新。與死為鄰。高竇雷化。說著也怕。 There are eight states that are not inhabitable in southern China. If one is sent in exile there, it is like a death sentence. Officials who might offend whoever is in power in the court should be aware of this danger of getting sent to one of those states. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 辛文房引諺論富家積書 唐才子傳 金玉有餘。 買鎮宅書。Those wealthy people purchase books to put on their book shelves for display rather than for reading. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 饒州民為陶安歌 明良錄略 千里榛蕪。侯來之初。萬姓耕闢。侯去之日。 湖水悠悠。侯澤之流。湖水有塞。我思侯德。A song sung by people of Rao Zhou praising their Governor Tao An. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 顧璘引諺 國寶新編 瓊玫蚤折。白石巀嶪。 A proverb referring to how good things or people do not last long and are always hard to find. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 陶嬰歌 古列女傳 黃鵠之早寡兮。七年不雙。鵷頸獨宿兮。不與眾同。 夜半悲鳴兮。想其故雄。天命早寡兮。獨宿何傷。 寡婦念此兮。泣下數行。嗚呼哉兮。死者不可忘。 飛鳥尚然兮。況於貞良。雖有賢雄兮。終不重行。 A song sung by the widow Tao Ying. The song is expressing her determination to maitain her widowhood. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 秋胡子引諺 古列女傳 力田﹑不如逢豐年。力桑﹑不如見國卿。刺繡文﹑不如倚市門。 Working hard in the field is not as good as having a good crop year. Working hard on raising silk worms is not as good as meeting a government official. Working hard on embroidery is not as good as selling oneself in the market. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 趙津女娟歌 古列女傳 升彼阿兮。面觀清水。揚波兮杳冥冥。禱求福兮醉不醒。 誅將加兮妾心驚。罰既釋兮瀆乃清。妾持戢兮操其維。蛟龍助兮主將歸。呼來櫂兮行忽疑。 A song sung about the wife of Jian Zi. It described how Jian Zi met her and how they got married. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 時人為湛賁彭伉語 廣列女傳 湛郎及第。彭伉落驢。 Zhan Peng passed the civil service test and became a high ranking official. When Peng Kang, who became a county official before Zhan did, heard about the news, he was so shocked that he fell under the as he was riding on.
