| 《·》: | 久者數歲，速者數月，是上不暇聽治，士不暇治其官府，農夫不暇稼穡，婦人不暇紡績織紝，則是國家失卒，而百姓易務也，然而又與其車馬之罷弊也，幔幕帷蓋，三軍之用，甲兵之備，五分而得其一，則猶為序疏矣。 |
| 'It may last for several years, or, at the shortest, several months. So, the superior will have no time to attend to government, the officials will have no time to attend to their offices, the farmers will have no time to sow or reap, the women will have no time to weave or spin: that is, the state will lose its men and the people will neglect their vocations. Besides, the chariots will break and horses will be exhausted. As to tents, army supplies, and soldiers' equipment - if one-fifth of these can remain (after the war) it would already be beyond expectation. |
| 《·》: | 之人也，之德也，將旁礡萬物，以為一世蘄乎亂，孰弊弊焉以天下為事！ |
| That man, with those attributes, though all things were one mass of confusion, and he heard in that condition the whole world crying out to him to be rectified, would not have to address himself laboriously to the task, as if it were his business to rectify the world. |
| 《》: | 曲則全，枉則直，窪則盈，弊則新，少則得，多則惑。 |
| The partial becomes complete; the crooked, straight; the empty, full; the worn out, new. He whose (desires) are few gets them; he whose (desires) are many goes astray. |
| 《·》: | 此三者，非事相反也，民道弊而所重易也，世事變而行道異也。 |
| But these three methods did not aim at antagonistic purposes. The guiding principles of the people are base and they are not consistent in what they value. As the conditions in the world change, different principles are practised. |
| 《·》: | 夫鈍兵，挫銳，屈力，殫貨，則諸侯乘其弊而起，雖有智者，不能善其後矣！ |
| Now, when your weapons are dulled, your ardor damped, your strength exhausted and your treasure spent, other chieftains will spring up to take advantage of your extremity. Then no man, however wise, will be able to avert the consequences that must ensue. |
| 《·》: | 金舌弊口，猶將無益也。 |
| 《·》: | 衣雖弊，行必脩。 |
| 《·》: | 其有繼周之弊，故若此也。 |
| 《·》: | 鮑焦衣弊膚見，挈畚持蔬，遇子貢於道。 |
| 《》: | 孔子言之曰：『其不伐則猶可能也，其不弊百姓者則仁也。』 |
| 《·》: | 孔子承周之弊，行夏之陸，知繼十一月正者當用十三月也。 |
| 《·》: | 夫淮南窳民貧鄉也，繇使長安者，自悉以補，行中道而衣行勝已羸弊矣，彊提荷弊衣而至，慮非假貸自詣，非有以所聞也。 |
| 《·》: | 項王見人恭謹，言語呴呴，人疾病，涕泣分食飲，至使人有功當封爵，印刓綬弊，忍不能與，此所謂婦人之仁。 |
| 《·》: | 鶉鳥之性善近人，飛不峻也，不速也，蹲蹲然似若將可獲也，卒至乎不可獲，是孺子之所以𨁉膝踠足而不以為弊也。 |
| 《·》: | 其不弊百姓，則仁也。 |
| 《·》: | 今商競鬻無用之貨、淫極侈之弊，以惑民取產，雖於淫商有得，然國計愈失矣。 |
| 《·》: | 語曰：「圖王不成，其弊可以霸。」 |
| 《·》: | 次七，勞牽不其鼻，于尾，弊。 |
| 《·》: | 於是從散約敗，爭割地而賂秦，秦有餘力而制其弊。 |
| 《·》: | 舌柔順，終以不弊。 |
| 《·》: | 曰：「皇民敦，秦民弊，時也。」 |
| 《·》: | 夫子陳、蔡之厄，豆飯菜羹，不足以接餒，二三子布弊褞袍，不足以避寒，倥偬屈厄，自處甚矣。 |
| 《》: | 又議動兵，非但勞人，凶年隨之，其罷弊有不可勝言者，此先帝所以發德音也。 |
| 《·》: | 是以其教不猒，其用不弊。 |
| 《·》: | 服此道者不欲盈，夫唯不盈，是以弊不新成。 |
| 《·》: | 聖人之言亦然，言有無之弊，又言非有非無之弊，又言去非有非無之弊。 |
| 《》: | 敝則新， |
| 《·》: | 陛下雖以金石相弊，則兼天下之日未也。 |
| 《·》: | 故車馬不弊於遠路，旌旗不亂於大澤，萬民不失命於寇戎，豪傑不著名于圖書。 |
| 《·》: | 桓公問於管子曰：「楚者，山東之強國也，其人民習戰鬥之道，舉兵伐之，恐力不能過，兵弊於楚，功不成於周，為之奈何？」 |
| 《·》: | 故曰：天下戰國，五勝者禍，四勝者弊，三勝者霸，二勝者王，一勝者帝。 |
| 《·》: | 凡戰：先則弊，後則懾，息則怠，不息亦弊，息久亦反其懾。 |
| 《·》: | 如此，雖戰勝而國益弱，得地而國益貧，由國中之制弊矣。 |
| 《·》: | 是故質壯輕足者為甲卒，千里之外，家老羸弱，悽愴於內，廝徒馬圉，軵車奉餉，道路遼遠，霜雪亟集，短褐不完，人羸車弊，泥塗至膝，相攜於道，奮首于路，身枕格而死，所謂兼國有地者，伏尸數十萬，破車以千百數，傷弓弩矛戟矢石之創者，扶舉于路，故世至於枕人頭，食人肉，菹人肝，飲人血，甘之於芻豢故。 |
| 《·》: | 士之速弊一若此乎？ |
| 《·》: | 及期而往，復見，申生告之曰：「帝許罰有罪矣，弊於韓。」 |
| 《·》: | 夫差對曰：「寡人禮先壹飯矣，君若不忘周室，而為弊邑宸宇，亦寡人之愿也。」 |
| 《》: | 酒酣，晏子作歌曰：「穗乎不得穫，秋風至兮殫零落，風雨之拂殺也，太上之靡弊也。」 |
| 《》: | 九曰利甲兵以承其弊。 |
| 《·》: | 革亂補弊，移風易俗，改制作新，海內畢貢，天下承風。 |
| 《》: | 顏率曰：「弊邑固竊為大王患之。」 |
