| 《·》: | 曰：“古者棺椁无度，中古棺七寸，椁称之。” |
| Mencius replied, 'Anciently, there was no rule for the size of either the inner or the outer coffin. In middle antiquity, the inner coffin was made seven inches thick, and the outer one the same.' |
| 《·》: | 有虞氏瓦棺，夏后氏堲周，殷人棺椁，周人墙置翣。 |
| (In the time of Shun) of Yu they used earthenware coffins; under the sovereigns of Xia, they surrounded these with an enclosure of bricks. The people of Yin used wooden coffins, the outer and inner. They of Zhou added the surrounding curtains and the feathery ornaments. |
| 《·》: | 为之棺椁衣衾而举之，陈其簠簋而哀戚之。 |
| An inner and outer coffin are made; the grave-clothes also are put on, and the shroud; and (the body) is lifted (into the coffin). The sacrificial vessels, round and square, are (regularly) set forth, and (the sight of them) fills (the mourners) with (fresh) distress. |
| 《·》: | 死又厚为棺椁，多为衣裘。 |
| Upon their death, again, thick coffins and many coats and fur coats are to be furnished. |
| 《·》: | 散木也，以为舟则沈，以为棺椁则速腐，以为器则速毁，以为门户则液樠，以为柱则蠹。 |
| It is quite useless. A boat made from its wood would sink; a coffin or shell would quickly rot; an article of furniture would soon go to pieces; a door would be covered with the exuding sap; a pillar would be riddled by insects. |
| 《·》: | 黄帝之世，不麛不卵，官无供备之民，死不得用椁。 |
| In the times of Huang-di, neither young animals nor eggs were taken; the officials had no provisions, and when the people died, they were not allowed to use outer coffins. |
| 《·》: | 以黄马为非马，而以白马为有马，此飞者入池而棺椁异处，此天下之悖言乱辞也。 |
| To take brown horses as not horses, and yet take white horses as being horses, is to have the flying in a pond and the inner and outer coffins in different places: a contradictory claim and misuse of statements as there is under heaven! |
| 《·》: | 后世圣人易之以棺椁，盖取诸大过。 |
| In subsequent ages the sages substituted for these practices the inner and outer coffins. |
| 《·》: | 棺椁、其貌象版盖斯象拂也。 |
| 《·》: | 曰，礼不豫凶事，死而后治凶服，衣衰饰，修棺椁，作穿窆宅兆，然后丧文成，外亲毕至，葬坟集，孝子忠臣之恩厚备尽矣。 |
| 《·》: | 既敛而椁，布器而祭，顾望无人。 |
| 《·》: | 所以有棺椁何？ |
| 《·》: | 为四寸之棺，五寸之椁，因丘陵为坟，不封不树。 |
| 《·》: | “后世圣人易之以棺椁”，桐木为棺，葛采为缄，下不及泉，上不泄臭 |
| 《·》: | 死有棺无椁，颜路请车以为之椁，孔子不予，为大夫不可以徒行也。 |
| 《》: | 中平三年八月丙子，遭疾而终，临歾顾命，留葬所卒，时服素棺，椁财周榇，丧事唯约，用过乎俭，群公百僚，莫不咨嗟，岩薮知名，失声挥涕，大将军吊祠，锡以嘉谥曰：徵士陈君，禀岳渎之精，苞灵曜之纯。 |
| 《·》: | 齐国好厚葬，布帛尽于衣衾，材木尽于棺椁，桓公患之，以告管仲曰：“布帛尽则无以为蔽，材木尽则无以为守备，而人厚葬之不休，禁之奈何？” |
| 《·》: | 宫室械器，非山无所仰，然后君立三等之租于山，曰：‘握以下者为柴楂，把以上者为室奉，三围以上，为棺椁之奉。’ |
| 《·》: | 伐楩楠豫樟而剖梨之，或为棺椁，或为柱梁，披断拨檖，所用万方，然一木之朴也。 |
| 《·》: | 题凑之室，棺椁数袭，积石积炭，以环其外。 |
| 《·》: | 发北山石椁，乃写蜀、荆地材皆至。 |
| 《》: | 椁有四阿，棺有翰桧。 |
| 《》: | 即毕敛，不留生事，棺椁衣衾，不以害生养，哭泣处哀，不以害生道。 |
| 《》: | 命群臣曰：“吾百世之后，葬我会稽之山，苇椁桐棺，穿圹七尺，下无及泉，坟高三尺，土阶三等。” |
| 《》: | 铜椁三重。 |
| 《·》: | 及其后，桐棺不衣，采椁不斫。 |
| 《·》: | 高行曰：“妾夫不幸早死，先狗马填沟壑，妾宜以身荐其棺椁。” |
| 《·》: | 众兵发掘莽妻子父祖冢，烧其棺椁及九庙、明堂、辟雍，火照城中。 |
| 《》: | 以北山石为椁。 |
| 《》: | 明帝自制石椁，广丈二尺，长二丈五。 |
| 《·》: | 使者治丧，穿作，柏椁，百官会送，如故事。 |
| 《·》: | 袁盎冢，以瓦为棺椁，器物都无，唯有铜镜一枚。 |
| 《·》: | 凡庶民不畜者祭无牲，不耕者祭无盛，不树者无椁，不蚕者不帛，不绩者不衰。 |
| 《·》: | 既井椁，主人西面拜工，左还椁，反位，哭，不踊。 |
| 《·》: | 椁，廓也，廓落在表之言也。 |
| 《》: | 棺椁槥椟遣送踊。 |
| 《·》: | 若谓古事终不可变，则棺椁不当代薪埋，衣裳不宜改裸袒矣。 |
| 《·》: | 棺椁之造，起自轩辕。 |
| 《·》: | 汉灵帝时，辽西太守廉翻梦人谓己曰：余，孤竹君之子，伯夷之弟，辽海漂吾棺椁，闻君仁善，愿见藏覆。 |
| 《·》: | 骨无痛痒之知，冢非栖神之宅，礼不墓祭，欲存亡之不黩也，为棺椁足以朽骨，衣衾足以朽肉而已。 |
| 《·》: | 其史仓颉，又象鸟迹，始作文字，自黄帝以上，穴居而野处，死则厚衣以薪，葬之中野，结绳以治，及至黄帝，为筑宫室，上栋下宇，以待风雨，而易以棺椁，制以书契，百官以序，万民以察，神而化之，使民不倦，后作云门咸池之乐，周礼所谓大咸者也。 |
