何氏姓苑

    九百小吏功曹。

    Theofficial’slastnameisninehundred,andGongcao’slastnameistenthousand——

    蓬州父老歌

    姓

    使君兮父母鞠我。化行兮民寒。

    使君去兮不可留。人意兮。

    WuJifuhadagreatachievementandbenefitedhispeoplewhenhewasanofficialinPengzhou.Whenheleft,localpeoplefeltverysorrow——

    劭引里

    官

    任智不正生咀。

    Holdingapostshouldbejusticeandcompetentfortheduty——

    劭引里

    官逸文

    仕宦不止生耳。

    Officialsshouldaccumulatemerits,thentheirauthoritiescanlastlong——

    人石抱忠奇古子儒

    御史逸文

    有石下好。下好。士大夫下好。

    子。儒生用言。

    今年柿子屏遭霜。石榴早摘。

    Thepersimmonsareinjuredbyfrostthisyear,sothepomegranatesshouldbepickedupearly——

    湖二郡人牧掾

    衣冠盛事

    湖接。三尾。

    TwocountieslocatedinHuzhouareneighboringandtwomencomingfromthesetwocountiespassedthehighestimperialexamatthesametime——

    河清民王元歌

    州提

    第一奇。民吏不。

    Thebiggestsurpriseinthecountyisthatcommonpeopledonotknowthesonofthemagistrate——

    居仁引勤

    官箴

    心不如力。

    Tolabormentallyisratherharderthantolaborphysically——

    居仁引忍

    官箴

    忍事星。

    Toleranceistherivaloffight——

    胡大初引

    捉捉。捉捉。

    Tocatchthebanditshouldcatchthebooty;Tocatchtheadulteryshouldcatchthecouple——

    妻于氏引鄙

    通典

    生卵。伏之。但知之子。不知之。

    Yellowhenlayseggsandblackchickhatches.Metaphor:Peopleonlycarestheresultwithoutknowingtheorigin——

    谷水世

    唐要

    此水清。天下平。Thegreatharvest,andclearwaterinthevalleyarethesignofpeaceful,flourishingage——

    左史

    唐要

    螭有水。

    ItisgoodtimetomixpreparedChineseinkusingthewaterdrippedinthehornlessdragonstages——

    淮人徐功子中胡可

    建炎以朝野

    徐恭。子中。胡元功。三人鼎足空。

    XuXiegong,XuZizhongandHuYuangongarepowerfultoarrangefieldsinsouthandnorthHuairiver——

    水

    通志

    瘦不渡水。TiredhorsecannotpassMianriverbecauseit’scurrentisratherrapid——

    人敞

    通志

    君者路旁。

    Itisnotunusualtokillthecertainofficial’shorse,becausetheofficialdoesnothaveseriousandpowerfulappearance——

    淳熙中梁宋

    文通考

    河。天水。

    TheYellowriverisflooding,theTianshui’sarecoming——

    淳熙末莎衣道人歌

    文通考

    胡死。啾啾。也我一百州。

    ThefeudalprincesfoughteachotheraftertheKingdied,butthepersonsofintegrityhopedthecountrypeaceful——

    明初都人

    文通考

    打黑。

    SinceHuangchaocameintothecapitalthecommonpeoplelivedonyellowriceandblackbeans——

    北人巍王

    文通考

    敕旨。魏王白帖子。PeoplewouldratherdisobeyimperialordersthanviolatethekingofWeiguo’smeaninglessdocuments——

    淮民范【璁】歌

    淮法志

    政奚公未逢。政奚逢我公。

    范早。我人。范。我人。

    IfFan,whowasinchargeofsouthandnorthHuairiverareas,assumedofficeearlythenthecommonpeoplewouldnotbesufferedfromhungry——

    戚光引人心

    兵

    皇天不好心人。皇天不苦心人。

    Heavenneverletshardworkersandkind-heartedpeopledown——

    戚光引死生

    兵

    人是苦。

    Noonedoesnotlovelife;Noonedoesnotfeardeath.HoweverbothlifeanddeatharecontroledbytheGod.Thereisatimeforeverything——Atimetobebornandatimetodie——

    戚光引三利

    兵

    朱生殍。白屋出公卿。

    自有福。

    天不生之人。

    Peopleborninrichfamilymaydieoffamine;Peoplebornincommonfamilymaybecomethehighest-rankofficial;Childrenhavetheirowngoodfurtunes——

    戚光引南兵患

    兵

    是木梳。兵是竹篦。

    Theivesarelikecomb;Solidersarelikedouble-edgedcombwhoroballkindsofthingswithoutanythingleft——

    戚光引俗奉承

    兵

    上房子。

    Somepeoplearegoodatflatteringthesuperior,butthewordstheysaidareagainsttheirownconsciences——

    若望引

    克

    必付烈士。奇方必良。

    Adouble-edgedswordshouldgivethevaliant;Anrareprescriptionmustcomefromgooddoctor.