| 《·》: | 是以国之富贵人闻之，皆退而谋曰：‘始我所恃者，富贵也，今上举义不辟贫贱，然则我不可不为义。’ |
| 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，功盖天下而似不自己，化贷万物而民弗恃，有莫举名，使物自喜，立乎不测，而游于无有者也。” |
| 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.' |
| 《》: | 为而不恃，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). |
| 《·》: | 故恃其众者谓之葺，恃其备饰者谓之巧，恃誉目者谓之诈。 |
| 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，无恃其不来，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，何以得载乎义？ |
| 《·》: | 盍胥对曰：“夫鸿鹄一举千里，所恃者、六翮尔。” |
| 《·》: | 财少恃力，面垢作身。 |
| 《·》: | 德生于道而有理，守理则合于道，与道理密而弗离也，故能畜物养物，物莫不仰恃德，此德之高，故曰密者德之高也。 |
| 《·》: | 高皇帝疑，问左右大臣，皆山东人，多劝上都雒阳，东有成皋，西有肴渑，倍河海，向伊洛，其固亦足恃，且周数百年，秦二世而亡，不如都周。 |
| 《·》: | 小器弗能兼容，治乱既不系于此，而中才之人好也，昔路丰舒、晋知其亡也，皆怙其三才，恃其五贤，而以不仁之故也。 |
| 《·》: | 公曰：“吾大夫以为蒲者，卫之所以恃晋楚也，伐之无乃不可乎？” |
| 《·》: | 恃旧宠沮之于内，接贱欲自信于外，思善之君，愿忠之士，所以虽并生一世，忧心相皦，而终不得遇者也。 |
| 《·》: | 又问曰：“功无大小，德无多少，人须仰恃赖之者，则为美矣。” |
| 《·》: | 测曰，“躆战喈喈”、恃力作王也。 |
| 《·》: | 庄王僭号，自下摩上，观兵京师，问鼎轻重，恃强肆忿，几亡宋国，易子析骸，厥祸亦巨。 |
| 《·》: | 恃其虚状以不德于人。 |
| 《·》: | 吉而恃，凶而怠之谓损。 |
| 《·》: | 孤莫孤于自恃。 |
| 《·》: | 天地之性，万物之类，儴道者众归之，恃刑者民畏之，归之则附其侧，畏之则去其域。 |
| 《》: | 生民之本，守御之备，无一可恃。 |
| 《·》: | 曰：“未也，方虚骄而恃气。” |
| 《·》: | 以为奉教陈忠之臣，未足恃也。 |
| 《·》: | 大常之道，生物而不有，成化而不宰，万物恃之而生，莫知其德，恃之而死，莫之能怨，收藏畜积而不加富，布施禀受而不益贫。 |
| 《·》: | 是以圣人不望道而歉，不恃道而丰。 |
| 《》: | 为而不恃， |
| 《·》: | 九曰、内不量力，外恃诸侯，则削国之患也。 |
| 《·》: | 其所守者，非恃琬琰之美、千金之重也，而欲勿失，其可得耶？ |
| 《·》: | 故臣有两位者国必乱，臣两位而国不乱者，君在也，恃君而不乱矣，失君必乱。 |
| 《·》: | 故不远道里，而能威绝域之民，不险山川，而能服有恃之国，发若雷霆，动若风雨，独出独入，莫之能圉。 |
| 《·》: | 有扈氏之君，恃众好勇，以丧其社稷。 |
| 《·》: | 安天下者，天下恃之。 |
| 《·》: | 故仁见亲，义见说，智见恃，勇见方，信见信。 |
| 《·》: | 夫为国之道，恃贤与民，信贤如腹心，使民如四肢，则策无遣。 |
| 《·》: | 由是观之，人材不足专恃，而道术可公行也。 |
| 《·》: | 其父曰：‘吾恃为鞔以食三世矣。’ |
| 《·》: | 今高后崩，而帝春秋富，未能治天下，固恃大臣诸侯。 |
| 《》: | 楚屈瑕将盟贰轸，郧人军于蒲骚，将与随，绞，州，蓼，伐楚师，莫敖患之，斗廉曰，郧人军其郊，必不诫，且日虞四邑之至也，君次于郊郢以御四邑，我以锐师宵加于郧，郧有虞心而恃其城，莫有斗志，若败郧师，四邑必离，莫敖曰，盍请济师于王，对曰，师克在和，不在众，商周之不敌，君之所闻也，成军以出，又何济焉，莫敖曰，卜之，对曰，卜以决疑，不疑何卜，遂败郧师于蒲骚，卒盟而还。 |
| 《·》: | 恃名不久，恃功不立，虚愿不至，妄为不祥。 |
| 《·》: | 是其子男之国，虢、郐、为大，虢叔恃势,郐仲恃险，是皆有骄侈怠慢之心，而加之以贪冒。 |
