| 《·》: | 是以國之富貴人聞之，皆退而謀曰：『始我所恃者，富貴也，今上舉義不辟貧賤，然則我不可不為義。』 |
| Upon hearing this, the rich and honoured of the country all began to deliberate, saying: "What I have been depending on was wealth and honour. Now the Lord promotes the righteous without discrimination against the poor and humble. Hence I may not do unrighteousness." |
| 《·》: | 老聃曰：「明王之治，功蓋天下而似不自己，化貸萬物而民弗恃，有莫舉名，使物自喜，立乎不測，而遊於無有者也。」 |
| Lao Dan replied, 'In the governing of the intelligent kings, their services overspread all under the sky, but they did not seem to consider it as proceeding from themselves; their transforming influence reached to all things, but the people did not refer it to them with hope. No one could tell the name of their agency, but they made men and things be joyful in themselves. Where they took their stand could not be fathomed, and they found their enjoyment in (the realm of) nonentity.' |
| 《》: | 為而不恃，功成而弗居。 |
| They go through their processes, and there is no expectation (of a reward for the results). The work is accomplished, and there is no resting in it (as an achievement). |
| 《·》: | 故恃其眾者謂之葺，恃其備飾者謂之巧，恃譽目者謂之詐。 |
| For reliance on masses is said to be the assembling of a mob; reliance on outward appearances is said to be smartness; reliance on fame and sight is said to be deceitfulness. |
| 《·》: | 故用兵之法，無恃其不來，恃吾有以待之。 |
| The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, but rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable. |
| 《·》: | 恃力虐老，非所以教幼也。 |
| 《·》: | 荀息、曼姑非有此事也，而所欲恃者皆不宜立者，何以得載乎義？ |
| 《·》: | 盍胥對曰：「夫鴻鵠一舉千里，所恃者、六翮爾。」 |
| 《·》: | 財少恃力，面垢作身。 |
| 《·》: | 德生於道而有理，守理則合於道，與道理密而弗離也，故能畜物養物，物莫不仰恃德，此德之高，故曰密者德之高也。 |
| 《·》: | 高皇帝疑，問左右大臣，皆山東人，多勸上都雒陽，東有成皋，西有肴澠，倍河海，嚮伊洛，其固亦足恃，且周數百年，秦二世而亡，不如都周。 |
| 《·》: | 小器弗能兼容，治亂既不繫於此，而中才之人好也，昔路豐舒、晉知其亡也，皆怙其三才，恃其五賢，而以不仁之故也。 |
| 《·》: | 公曰：「吾大夫以為蒲者，衛之所以恃晉楚也，伐之無乃不可乎？」 |
| 《·》: | 恃舊寵沮之於內，接賤欲自信於外，思善之君，願忠之士，所以雖並生一世，憂心相皦，而終不得遇者也。 |
| 《·》: | 又問曰：「功無大小，德無多少，人須仰恃賴之者，則為美矣。」 |
| 《·》: | 測曰，「躆戰喈喈」、恃力作王也。 |
| 《·》: | 莊王僭號，自下摩上，觀兵京師，問鼎輕重，恃彊肆忿，幾亡宋國，易子析骸，厥禍亦巨。 |
| 《·》: | 恃其虛狀以不德於人。 |
| 《·》: | 吉而恃，凶而怠之謂損。 |
| 《·》: | 孤莫孤於自恃。 |
| 《·》: | 天地之性，萬物之類，儴道者眾歸之，恃刑者民畏之，歸之則附其側，畏之則去其域。 |
| 《》: | 生民之本，守禦之備，無一可恃。 |
| 《·》: | 曰：「未也，方虛驕而恃氣。」 |
| 《·》: | 以為奉教陳忠之臣，未足恃也。 |
| 《·》: | 大常之道，生物而不有，成化而不宰，萬物恃之而生，莫知其德，恃之而死，莫之能怨，收藏畜積而不加富，布施稟受而不益貧。 |
| 《·》: | 是以聖人不望道而歉，不恃道而豐。 |
| 《》: | 為而不恃， |
| 《·》: | 九曰、內不量力，外恃諸侯，則削國之患也。 |
| 《·》: | 其所守者，非恃琬琰之美、千金之重也，而欲勿失，其可得耶？ |
| 《·》: | 故臣有兩位者國必亂，臣兩位而國不亂者，君在也，恃君而不亂矣，失君必亂。 |
| 《·》: | 故不遠道里，而能威絕域之民，不險山川，而能服有恃之國，發若雷霆，動若風雨，獨出獨入，莫之能圉。 |
| 《·》: | 有扈氏之君，恃眾好勇，以喪其社稷。 |
| 《·》: | 安天下者，天下恃之。 |
| 《·》: | 故仁見親，義見說，智見恃，勇見方，信見信。 |
| 《·》: | 夫為國之道，恃賢與民，信賢如腹心，使民如四肢，則策無遣。 |
| 《·》: | 由是觀之，人材不足專恃，而道術可公行也。 |
| 《·》: | 其父曰：『吾恃為鞔以食三世矣。』 |
| 《·》: | 今高后崩，而帝春秋富，未能治天下，固恃大臣諸侯。 |
| 《》: | 楚屈瑕將盟貳軫，鄖人軍於蒲騷，將與隨，絞，州，蓼，伐楚師，莫敖患之，鬥廉曰，鄖人軍其郊，必不誡，且日虞四邑之至也，君次於郊郢以禦四邑，我以銳師宵加於鄖，鄖有虞心而恃其城，莫有鬥志，若敗鄖師，四邑必離，莫敖曰，盍請濟師於王，對曰，師克在和，不在眾，商周之不敵，君之所聞也，成軍以出，又何濟焉，莫敖曰，卜之，對曰，卜以決疑，不疑何卜，遂敗鄖師於蒲騷，卒盟而還。 |
| 《·》: | 恃名不久，恃功不立，虛願不至，妄為不祥。 |
| 《·》: | 是其子男之國，虢、鄶、為大，虢叔恃勢,鄶仲恃險，是皆有驕侈怠慢之心，而加之以貪冒。 |
