| 《·》: | 子墨子使管黔敖游高石子於衛，衛君致祿甚厚，設之於卿。 |
| Mozi sent Guan Qin Ao to recommend Gao Shizi to Wei. The lord of Wei gave him heavy emoluments and ranked him among the ministers. |
| 《·》: | 季氏旅於泰山。 |
| The chief of the Ji family was about to sacrifice to the Tai mountain. |
| 《·》: | 孟子曰：「舜生於諸馮，遷於負夏，卒於鳴條，東夷之人也。」 |
| Mencius said, 'Shun was born in Zhu Feng, removed to Fu Xia, and died in Ming Tiao - a man near the wild tribes on the east.' |
| 《·》: | 樂也者，始於懼，懼故祟。 |
| I performed first the music calculated to awe; and you were frightened as if by a ghostly visitation. |
| 《·》: | 禮，始於謹夫婦，為宮室，辨外內。 |
| The observances of propriety commence with a careful attention to the relations between husband and wife. They built the mansion and its apartments, distinguishing between the exterior and interior parts. |
| 《》: | 九層之臺，起於累土。 |
| The tower of nine storeys rose from a (small) heap of earth. |
| 《·》: | 夫孝，始於事親，中於事君，終於立身。 |
| It commences with the service of parents; it proceeds to the service of the ruler; it is completed by the establishment of character. |
| 《·》: | 音中宮商之聲，聲聞於天。 |
| 《·》: | 以恬養性，以漠處神，則入於天門。 |
| 《·》: | 諸侯起於匹夫，以利合，非有素王之行也。 |
| 《·》: | 堯禹者，非生而具者也，夫起於變故，成乎脩為，待盡而後備者也。 |
| 《》: | 衛侯有疾，使孔成子，甯惠子，立敬姒之子衎，以為大子，冬，十月，衛定公卒，夫人姜氏既哭而息，見大子之不哀也，不內酌飲，歎曰，是夫也，將不唯衛國之敗，其必始於未亡人，烏呼，天禍衛國也，夫吾不獲鱄也，使主社稷，大夫聞之，無不聳懼，孫文子自是不敢舍其重器於衛，盡寘諸戚，而甚善晉大夫。 |
| 《·》: | 修身正行，不可以不慎：嗜欲使行虧，讒諛亂正心，眾口使意回，憂患生於所忽，禍起於細微，汙辱難湔灑，敗事不可後追，不深念遠慮，後悔當幾何 |
| 《·》: | 臣陵其君，始於文而甚於昭。 |
| 《·》: | 凡耕之道：必始於壚，為其寡澤而後枯。 |
| 《·》: | 嚴兵而不仁者，其臣懾，其臣懾則不敢忠，不敢忠則民不親其吏，刑始於親，遠者寒心，殷商以亡。 |
