[这首民歌摘自E.T.C. Werner,Chinese ditties, 有删改。民国以前曾流行于湖北和安徽一带。]
将军打马过田庄
见一公公在路旁
请问公公多少岁
可有儿郎可有女
可有家当并田庄
老汉今年九十九
老妻一百差一双
等到皇上开金榜
明年挂个百岁坊
五个孩儿不学艺
都在朝中伴君王
大儿当朝为宰相
二儿礼部在中堂
三儿云南为总督
礼部天官第四郎
要算五儿年纪小
新科独占状元郎
还有小女十八岁
朝中选去做娘娘
A general, when riding across a farm, saw an old man standing by the roadside. He said to him: "May I ask your age, Sir, your native place, how many sons and daughters you have, and the value of your real and personal property?" "I am ninety-nine this year," he answered, "my wife is a hundred less a couple of years. When the emperor next issues the 'golden list', I will have a p'ai-lou erected to me in honour of my having completed the century. I have five uncultured sons. They are all serving the emperor in the court. The eldest holds the position of Prime Minister ; the second is President of the Board of Rites ; the third has been appointed Viceroy of Yünnan , the fourth is President of the Board of Justice; and the fifth, still a junior, has recently passed first at the Palace Examination. Besides these I have a daughter, eighteen years of age, who has been selected to be the emperor's wife."
将军打马过田庄
见一公公在路旁
请问公公多少岁
可有儿郎可有女
可有家当并田庄
老汉今年九十九
老妻一百差一双
等到皇上开金榜
明年挂个百岁坊
五个孩儿不学艺
都在朝中伴君王
大儿当朝为宰相
二儿礼部在中堂
三儿云南为总督
礼部天官第四郎
要算五儿年纪小
新科独占状元郎
还有小女十八岁
朝中选去做娘娘
A general, when riding across a farm, saw an old man standing by the roadside. He said to him: "May I ask your age, Sir, your native place, how many sons and daughters you have, and the value of your real and personal property?" "I am ninety-nine this year," he answered, "my wife is a hundred less a couple of years. When the emperor next issues the 'golden list', I will have a p'ai-lou erected to me in honour of my having completed the century. I have five uncultured sons. They are all serving the emperor in the court. The eldest holds the position of Prime Minister ; the second is President of the Board of Rites ; the third has been appointed Viceroy of Yünnan , the fourth is President of the Board of Justice; and the fifth, still a junior, has recently passed first at the Palace Examination. Besides these I have a daughter, eighteen years of age, who has been selected to be the emperor's wife."
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