Translation setting:
[None] [English]Post-Han ->
Sui-Tang ->
意林 ->
Volume 6 -> Huainan Wanbi Shu: Volume 1
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首澤浮針。取頭中垢塞針孔，置水中則浮。 |
| | The needle floats on Shouze. Take the dirt from the head, plug it into the needle hole, and place it in water; then it will float.
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燒角入山則虎豹自遠，惡其息也。 |
| | If you burn a horn and enter the mountains, tigers and leopards will keep their distance, for they dislike its breath.
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| | 淮南萬畢... : |
取大鏡高懸，置水盆于其下，則見鄰矣。 |
| | Take a large mirror and hang it high; place a basin of water beneath it, and you will see your neighbors.
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| | 淮南萬畢... : |
取沸湯置瓮中，密以新縑，沈井中三日成冰。 |
| | Take boiling water and put it into a jar, seal it tightly with new silk cloth, then submerge it in the well for three days; it will turn into ice.
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| | 淮南萬畢... : |
取鴻毛縑囊貯之，可以渡江不溺。 |
| | Take goose down and store it in a silk pouch; with this, one can cross the river without drowning.
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馬好嚙人，取殭蠶塗其上唇，即差。 |
| | Horses like to bite people; take dead silkworms and apply them to their upper lip, and the problem will be resolved.
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取門冬、赤黍，漬以狐血，陰乾之。欲飲酒者，取一丸置舌下以含之，令人不醉。 |
| | Take door winter (possibly a mistranslation or misreading; likely refers to "door lily" or another plant), red millet, soak them in fox blood, and air-dry them in the shade. For those who wish to drink alcohol, take one pill and place it under the tongue to dissolve; this will prevent them from getting drunk.
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