《古谣谚》·卷二十六

繁欽引鳳闕古歌

三輔黃圖

長安城西有雙闕。上有雙銅雀。一鳴五穀成。再鳴五穀熟。An ancient song concerning the two towers that had a pair of bronze peacocks on the west of Chang An city.

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朝邑俗諺

元和郡縣圖志

苦泉羊。洛水漿。The water in a spring in Zhao Yi County tastes salty and bitter, but once the sheep drink that water, the milk that they produce tastes like ambrosia.

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丹州俗語

元和郡縣圖志

丹州白室。胡頭漢舌。A folk saying about Dan Zhou residents, who speak only Chinese, despite the fact that theirethnic background is not Han.

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襄陽古諺

元和郡縣圖志

襄陽無西。There is no west end for Xiang Yang County, meaning that the borderline between Xiang Yang and another county is not distinct.

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邔縣古諺

元和郡縣圖志

邔無東。

There is no east end to the Ji County, meaning that the borderline between Ji and another county is not distinct.

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徐聞諺

元和郡縣志逸文

欲拔貧。詣徐聞。

If one wants to escape poverty, one should go to Xu Wen county in search of wealth.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

匈奴為祁連焉支二山歌

十道志逸文

失我焉支山。令我婦女無顏色。失我祁連山。

使我六畜不蕃息。Two folk songs sung by the Xiong Nu tribe concerning their loss of two mountainous areas to the Han empire. Th