| 《·》: | 當今之主，其為宮室則與此異矣。 |
| When the present rulers build their residences, they are quite different from this. |
| 《·》: | 當是時也，內無怨女，外無曠夫。 |
| At that time, in the seclusion of the house, there were no dissatisfied women, and abroad, there were no unmarried men. |
| 《·》: | 當是時也，山無蹊隧，澤無舟梁。 |
| At that time, on the hills there were no foot-paths, nor excavated passages; on the lakes there were no boats nor dams. |
| 《·》: | 當是時，夏桀為虐政淫荒，而諸侯昆吾氏為亂。 |
| At this time Jie of Xia was oppressive, and his rule dissipated, and one of the princes Kunwu rebelled. |
| 《》: | 三十輻，共一轂，當其無，有車之用。 |
| The thirty spokes unite in the one nave; but it is on the empty space (for the axle), that the use of the wheel depends. |
| 《·》: | 當是時也，趙氏上下不相親也，貴賤不相信也。 |
| 《·》: | 故當舜之時，有苗不服，於是舜修政偃兵，執幹戚而舞之。 |
| 《·》: | 當是時也，夫又誰為恭矣哉！ |
| 《》: | 秦景公使士雃乞師于楚，將以伐晉，楚子許之，子囊曰，不可，當今吾不能與晉爭，晉君類能而使之，舉不失選，官不易方，其卿讓於善，其大夫不失守，其士競於教，其庶人力於農穡，商工皁隸，不知遷業，韓厥老矣，知罃稟焉，以為政，范丐少於中行偃而上之，使佐中軍，韓起少於欒黶，而欒黶士魴上之，使佐上軍，魏絳多功，以趙武為賢而為之佐，君明臣忠，上讓下競，當是時也，晉不可敵，事之而後可，君其圖之，王曰，吾既許之矣，雖不及晉，必將出師，秋，楚子師于武城，以為秦援，秦人侵晉，晉饑，弗能報也。 |
| 《·》: | 當舜之時，有苗氏不服，其所以不服者，大山在其南，殿山在其北。 |
| 《·》: | 當是時，紂為無道，諸侯大亂，民樂文王之怒而詠歌之也。 |
| 《·》: | 故當今之世，有仁人在焉，不可而不此務，有賢主不可而不此事。 |
| 《·》: | 當是時也，猶象人也。 |
| 《·》: | 當舜之時，有苗不服，其不服者，衡山在南，岐山在北，左洞庭之波，右彭澤之水，由此險也。 |
| 《》: | 當是時，盛君之行不能進焉。 |
| 《·》: | 當是時，荊伯未從也，湯於是乃飾犧牛以事。 |
