《古谣谚》·卷十二
中宗引俗諺
舊唐書禮儀志一
冬至長於歲。On the day of the winter solstice, everyone grows one year older.
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楊伴兒謠
舊唐書音樂志二
楊婆兒。 共戲來。A children’s song referring to how the son of a witch became a companion of an empress.
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寧王引諺
舊唐書五行志
樹稼﹑達官怕。
High government officials are afraid of ice storms.
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調露中嵩山謠
舊唐書五行志
嵩山凡幾層。 不畏登不得。 但恐不得登。
三度徵兵馬。 旁道打騰騰。
A song referring to Emperor Zhong’s three attempts to ascend the Song mountain and consecrate it. He failed each time due to the unrest of neighboring foreign tribes on the northern border, and on the third time, he died.
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如意初里歌
舊唐書五行志
黃獐黃獐﹑ 草裏藏。 彎弓射爾傷。
Those roebucks hidden in the bush really can shoot arrows and kill you. Words referring to how an entire army was wiped out by the Qi Dan tribe from the north during the Tang dynasty.
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元和小兒謠
舊唐書五行志
打麥打麥。三三三。 舞了也。
A children’s song referring to the date when and the manner by which (an ambush) Wu YuanHeng was killed.
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鬼門關諺
舊唐書地理之嶺南道容州下
鬼門關。 十人九不還。Of those who go past the Gate to the Ghost Realm (referring to the custom on the border between China and present day Vietnam), nine out of ten will not come back alive.
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滄州百姓為薛大鼎歌
舊唐書食貨志下
新河得通舟戢利。 直達滄海魚鹽至。
昔日徒行今騁駟。 美哉薛公德滂被。
Words by people of Chang Zhou praising the good work of their official Xue Da Ding, who cleared a river path to the ocean.
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竇建德軍中謠
舊唐書竇建德傳
豆入牛口。 勢不得久。
Words referring to the defeat of a warlord Dou Jiang De by Prince Qin, who was an emperor ofthe Tang dynasty.
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