| 《·》: | 有諸己不非諸人，無諸己不求諸人。 |
| Having it in oneself one do not oppose it in others; lacking it in oneself one do not seek it of others. |
| 《·》: | 子曰：「人而無信，不知其可也。」 |
| The Master said, "I do not know how a man without truthfulness is to get on." |
| 《·》: | 察鄰國之政，無如寡人之用心者。 |
| On examining the government of the neighboring kingdoms, I do not find that there is any prince who exerts his mind as I do. |
| 《·》: | 故曰：至人無己，神人無功，聖人無名。 |
| Therefore it is said, 'The Perfect man has no (thought of) self; the Spirit-like man, none of merit; the Sagely-minded man, none of fame.' |
| 《·》: | 四嶽舉鯀治鴻水，堯以為不可，嶽彊請試之，試之而無功，故百姓不便。 |
| The president of the four mountains recommended Gun as the proper person to look after the deluge. Yao regarded it as impracticable, but the president vehemently requested that he might be tried, so the trial was made, but without good results. Of old the people had felt that it was undesirable |
| 《·》: | 君無故不殺牛，大夫無故不殺羊，士無故不殺犬、豕。 |
| Without some cause for it, a ruler did not kill an ox, nor a Great officer a sheep, nor a lower officer a pig or a dog. |
| 《》: | 自伐者無功。 |
| He who vaunts himself does not find his merit acknowledged. |
| 《·》: | 師或輿尸，大无功也 |
| 'The host with the possibility of its having many idle leaders:' - great will be its want of success. |
| 《·》: | 公孫鞅曰：「臣聞之，『疑行無成，疑事無功，』」 |
| Gong sun Yang said: "I have heard it said that he who hesitates in action, does not accomplish anything, and that he who hesitates in affairs, gains no merit." |
| 《·》: | 今秦出號令而行賞罰，有功無功相事也 |
| 《·》: | 故體道者逸而不窮，任數者勞而無功。 |
| 《·》: | 有功則賞之，無功則亦賞之，而怨人之不理也，可乎？ |
| 《·》: | 聽其言則辭辯而無統，用其身則多詐而無功，上不足以順明王，下不足以和齊百姓，然而口舌之均，應唯則節，足以為奇偉偃卻之屬，夫是之謂姦人之雄。 |
| 《》: | 晉侯蒐于黃父，遂復合諸侯于扈，平宋也，公不與會，齊難故也，書曰諸侯，無功也，於是晉侯不見鄭伯，以為貳於楚也，鄭子家使執訊而與之書，以告趙宣子，曰，寡君即位三年，召蔡侯而與之事君，九月，蔡侯入于敝邑以行，敝邑以侯宣多之難，寡君是以不得與蔡侯偕，十一月，克減侯宣多，而隨蔡侯以朝于執事，十二年，六月，歸生佐寡君之嫡夷，以請陳侯于楚，而朝諸君，十四年，七月，寡君又朝，以蕆陳事，十五年，五月，陳侯自敝邑往朝于君，往年正月，燭之武往朝夷也，八月，寡君又往朝，以陳蔡之密邇於楚，而不敢貳焉，則敝邑之故也，雖敝邑之事君，何以不免，在位之中，一朝于襄，而再見于君，夷與孤之二三臣，相及於絳，雖我小國，則篾以過之矣，今大國曰，爾未逞吾志，敝邑有亡，無以加焉，古人有言曰，畏首畏尾，身其餘幾，又曰，鹿死不擇音，小國之事大國也，德，則其人也，不德，則其鹿也，鋌而走險，急何能擇，命之罔極，亦知亡矣，將悉敝賦，以待於鯈，唯執事命之，文公二年，六月，壬申，朝于齊，四年，二月，壬戌，為齊侵蔡，亦獲成於楚，居大國之間，而從於強令，豈其罪也，大國若弗圖，無所逃命，晉鞏朔行成於鄭，趙穿，公婿池，為質焉。 |
| 《·》: | 忠臣以誹死於無罪，邪臣以譽賞於無功。 |
| 《·》: | 故明於情性乃可與論為政，不然，雖勞無功。 |
