今旦

今旦

1. (literary, literally) this morning

   • 昨暮同為人，今旦在鬼錄。
     昨暮同为人，今旦在鬼录。

     From: c. early 5^th century, 陶淵明 (Tao Yuanming), 《擬挽歌辭》

     Zuómù tóng wéirén, jīndàn zài guǐlù.

     Last evening I was alive like other souls;
     This morning my name is listed on death rolls.

   • 乙丑歲赴試幷州，道逢捕雁者云：“今旦獲一雁，殺之矣。其脫網者悲鳴不能去，竟自投於地而死。”
     乙丑岁赴试并州，道逢捕雁者云：“今旦获一雁，杀之矣。其脱网者悲鸣不能去，竟自投于地而死。”

     From: 1205, 元好問, 《〈摸魚兒·雁丘詞〉序》 (Song on the Wild Goose’s Tomb, to the Tune of “Snatching a Fish”)

     Yǐchǒusuì fùshì Bīngzhōu, dào féng bǔ yàn zhě yún: “Jīndàn huò yī yàn, shā zhī yǐ. Qí tuō wǎng zhě bēimíng bùnéng qù, jìng zì tóu yú dì ér sǐ.”

     I went to Bing Prefecture for the civil service examination in the year of Yichou . On my way there I met a hunter who told me, “I caught and killed a wild goose this morning. The other one that fled the trammel couldn’t let itself go, but crying in woe and eventually crushed itself to death on the ground.”

2. (Eastern Min, Datian Min, Hainanese, Leizhou Min, Puxian Min) today
3. (literary Hokkien) now
   • 2015, “三千两金”, in traditional (lyrics), 全国文化信息资源共享工程《泉州南音》资源数据库‎ (Quanzhou nanyin), performed by 王一鸣:

     今旦流落只蘇州
     今旦流落只苏州

     kin-tòaⁿ lâu-lo̍h chí So͘-chiu

     Now wandering about in this Suzhou

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 , editor (2021), “今旦”, in 莆仙方言大词典 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 220.