| 《·》: | 有朋自遠方來，不亦樂乎？ |
| Is it not delightful to have friends coming from distant quarters? |
| 《·》: | 自有生民以來，未有孔子也。 |
| Since there were living men until now, there never was another Confucius. |
| 《·》: | 莊周遊乎雕陵之樊，睹一異鵲自南方來者，翼廣七尺，目大運寸，感周之顙而集於栗林 |
| As Zhuang Zhou was rambling in the park of Diao-ling he saw a strange bird which came from the south. Its wings were seven cubits in width, and its eyes were large, an inch in circuit. It touched the forehead of Zhou as it passed him, and lighted in a grove of chestnut trees. |
| 《·》: | 入自北門，遇女鳩、女房，作女鳩女房。 |
| And as he entered by the north gate met Rujiu and Rufang, and the 'Rujiu' and 'Rufang' were written. |
| 《·》: | 士之有誄，自此始也。 |
| The practice of giving such names to (ordinary) officers began from this. |
| 《·》: | 日居月諸、出自東方 |
| O sun; O moon, Which come forth from the east! |
| 《·》: | 《》云：『』 |
| It is said in the Book of Poetry: From the west to the east, From the south to the north, There was not a thought but did him homage. |
| 《·》: | 且：自前曰且，自後曰已。 |
| 《·》: | 禹乃使太章步自東極，至於西極，二億三萬三千五百里七十五步。 |
| 《·》: | 《》曰：『』 |
| 《》: | 二十一年，春，胥命于弭，夏，同伐王城，鄭伯將王自圉門入，虢叔自北門入，殺王子頹及五大夫，鄭伯享王于闕西辟，樂備，王與之武公之略，自虎牢以東，原伯曰，鄭伯效尤，其亦將有咎，五月，鄭厲公卒，王巡虢守，虢公為王宮于玤，王與之酒泉，鄭伯之享王也，王以后之鞶鑑予之，虢公請器，王予之爵，鄭伯由是始惡於王 |
| 《·》: | 入自北門，乃遇汝鳩、汝方。 |
| 《·》: | 孔子曰：「自季孫之賜我千鍾而友益親，自南宮項叔之乘我車也，而道加行。」 |
| 《·》: | 墨子聞之，自魯往，裂裳裹足，日夜不休，十日十夜而至於郢，見荊王曰：「臣北方之鄙人也，聞大王將攻宋，信有之乎？」 |
| 《·》: | 乃注瑟于王子，王子歌嶠，曰：「何自南極，至于北極，絕境越國，弗愁道遠。」 |
| 《·》: | 鄭伯將王自圉門入，虢叔自北門入，殺子頹及三大夫，王乃入也。 |
