《古谣谚》·卷二十七

時人為楊雄桓譚語

廣輿記

玩楊子雲之篇。樂於居千乘之官。挾桓君山之書。富於積猗頓之財。

Words said by Yang Xiong and Huan Tan’s contemporaries about their fortunes. Yang Xiong obtained the emperor’s admiration through his writing, and Huan Tan through giving the emperorgood advice.

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鑑湖諺

廣輿記

水繞鑑湖弦。吉水出狀元。

A saying about the area around Lake Jian, regarding how people from that area would be the winners of the government civil service test.

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廬陵民為劉竺歌

廣輿記

公家無負租。私室有餘粟。

A song sung by people of Lu Ling about Liu Zhu, their able official for twenty years. When he was governing Lu Ling, the government had no deficit and every household had extra foodstored.

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丁溪諺

廣輿記

水畫丁﹑羅簪纓。

A saying in Ding Xi on the coast of the southeast of China, predicting that someone would winthe first place of the government civil service test after a flood.

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湖廣諺

地圖綜要

湖廣熟。天下足。

When the area around Dong Ting Lake has a good harvest, the entire country hasenough food.

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颶風諺

地圖綜要

朝三暮七。晝不過一。

Words said about the typhoons that come for three to seven days on the coast of Guang Dong.

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諸生稱陳選蕭鳴鳳語

一統志

陳泰山。蕭北斗。Words said by students in the gover