《古谣谚》·卷二十九

酈道元引俗諺釋清泉河

水經注

高梁無上源。清泉無下尾。

Words referring to the tiny creeks in the Yu Yang area. The flow of water in these creeks was so slow that it was hard to determine the origin and the end of the river.

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酈道元引古諺釋南北岈

水經注

南岈北岈。萬有餘家。

Words referring to the over ten thousand households residing around the Han River valley.

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泗上求鼎謠

水經注

稱樂太早絕鼎絲。

A folk song that was a sarcastic remark on the first emperor’s joyousness before the time when the nine ancinet tripods of bronze, symbols of power for the Chinese ruler beginning in the ancient Xia dynasty, were even f