《古谣谚》·卷八
宣帝讌歌
晉書宣帝紀
天地開闢。日月重光。遭遇際會。畢力遐方。將掃群穢。
還過故鄉。肅清萬里。總齊八荒。告成歸老。待罪舞陽。
A song sung by emperor Xuan to express his mixed feelings for his contribution.
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魏正始中民謠
晉書宣帝紀
何鄧丁。亂京城。
A folk song referring to how three subordinates supported by the emperor’s mother were messing up the capital city.
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愍帝末童謠
晉書愍帝紀
天子何在豆田中。
Why is the emperor standing in the middle of bean fields? Referring to how one hermit was executed because of this song as his surname has the same pronunciation as the word for leaves of bean bushes.
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太安之際童謠
晉書元帝紀
五馬浮渡江。一馬化為龍。
A children’s song referring to how five princes crossed the Yang Zi River and only one of them became an emperor.
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太康中晉世寧舞歌
晉書五行志上
晉世寧。舞杯盤。
The peace of Jin dynasty was as unstable as china wares in one’s hands.
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魏太和中兒鈴曹子歌
晉書五行志中
其奈汝曹何。
A song referring to how Cao Shuang was so dominant and powerful that there was nothing that could be done to stop his abuse of power.
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景初初童謠。
晉書五行志中
阿公阿公駕馬車。不意阿公東渡河。阿公來還當奈何。
A children’s song referring to how a prince would become enthroned. And it actually happened in that way.
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吳永安中南郡兒語
晉書五行志中
三公鋤﹑司馬如。Children’s words referring to how the period of the Three Kingdoms were ended by the Si Ma family.
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吳天紀中童謠
晉書五行志中
阿童復阿童。銜刀游渡江。不畏岸上獸。但畏水中龍。
A children’s song referring to how one general Wang Jun was as heroic and powerful as a dragon in the water.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
平吳後江南童謠三則
晉書五行志中
局縮肉。數橫目。中國當敗吳當復。
宮門柱。且當朽。吳當復在三十年後。
雞鳴不拊翼。吳復不用力。
Three children’s songs referring to the rising and falling of the Wu kingdom.
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永熙中童謠
晉書五行志中
二月末。三月初。桑生裴雷柳葉舒。荊筆楊板行詔書。
宮中大馬幾作驢。A children’s song referring to how one emperor’s subject and one prince were dominating the government and making the high officials into ass-like slaves.
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元康中京洛童謠二則
晉書五行志中
南風起。吹白沙。遙望魯國何嵯峨。千歲髑髏生齒牙。
城東馬子莫嚨哅。比至來年纏女髮。
Referring to the violent and bloody struggle for the throne among princes and the empress at a certain period of the Jin dynasty.
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又元康中童謠
晉書五行志中
屠蘇鄣日覆兩耳。當見瞎兒作天子。
A children’s song referring to the end result of a power struggle among princes during one period of Jin dynasty. The prince who got the throne was blind.
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