| 《·》: | 揖讓而升，下而飲，其爭也君子。 |
| But he bows complaisantly to his competitors; thus he ascends the hall, descends, and exacts the forfeit of drinking. In his contention, he is still the Junzi. |
| 《·》: | 孟子聞之，曰：「禮，朝廷不歷位而相與言，不踰階而相揖也。」 |
| Mencius having heard of this remark, said, 'According to the prescribed rules, in the court, individuals may not change their places to speak with one another, nor may they pass from their ranks to bow to one another.' |
| 《·》: | 已拜，受矢，進即兩楹間，退反位，揖賓就筵。 |
| (The host) having bowed, and received the arrows (for himself), advances to the space between the two pillars. He then retires, and returns to his station, motioning also to the guest to go to his mat (for pitching from). |
| 《·》: | 非惟若書之說為然也，昔者，宋文君鮑之時，有臣曰𥙐觀辜，固嘗從事於厲，祩子杖揖出與言曰：『觀辜是何珪璧之不滿度量？』 |
| Not only does the record in this book prove it to be so. Anciently, in the reign of Lord Wen of Song, whose name was Bao (610-589 B.C.), there was a master of ceremonies by the name of Guan Gu. While he was working in the temple, a wizard carrying a cane appeared and said to him: "Guan Gu, why don't the jades and stones measure up to the standard." |
| 《·》: | 眾史皆至，受揖而立。 |
| The masters of the pencil all came (to undertake the task). Having received his instructions and made their bows, they stood. |
| 《·》: | 揖五瑞，擇吉月日，見四嶽諸牧，班瑞。 |
| He called in the five tokens, chose a lucky month and day, gave audience to the president of the four mountains, and all the governors, returning the tokens in due course. |
| 《·》: | 螽斯羽、揖揖兮。 |
| Ye locusts, winged tribes, How you cluster together! |
| 《·》: | 三揖至於階，三讓以賓升。 |
| 《·》: | 未及夫折衝於未形之前者，揖讓乎廟堂之上而施惠乎百萬之民，故居則無變動，戰則不血刃，其湯武之兵與！ |
| 《》: | 以晉靈之行，使一大夫立於斐林，拱揖指揮，諸侯莫敢不出，此猶隰之有泮也。 |
| 《·》: | 揖而去 |
| 《·》: | 天子處位不端，受業不敬，言語不序，聲音不中律，進退節度無禮，升降揖讓無容，周旋俯仰視瞻無儀，安顧咳唾，趨行不得，色不比順，隱琴瑟，凡此其屬，太保之任也。 |
| 《·》: | 禮所揖讓何？ |
| 《·》: | 是以上下和協，而士庶順壹，故能宗揖其國，以藩衛天子，而行義足法。 |
| 《·》: | 先王之所以拱揖指揮，而四海賓者，誠德之至，已形於外 |
| 《·》: | 聲氣可範，精神可愛，俯仰可宗，揖讓可貴，述作有方，動靜有常，帥禮不荒，故為萬夫之望也。 |
| 《·》: | 至會所，為壇，土階三等，以遇禮相見，揖讓而豋。 |
| 《·》: | 故且略紀顯者，以待士合揖損焉。 |
| 《·》: | 揖子貢使答之 |
| 《·》: | 四患既蠲，五政既立，行之以誠，守之以固，簡而不怠，䟽而不失，無為為之，使自施之，無事事之，使自交之，不肅而治，垂拱揖遜而海內平矣，是謂為政之方也。 |
| 《·》: | 兩君升壇，兩相處下，而相欲揖，君臣之禮，濟濟備焉。 |
| 《·》: | 揖儒墨而與為友，舒之足以光四表，收之則莫能知其所有。 |
| 《·》: | 於是无人遂登高山，履危石，臨百仞之淵，背逡巡，足二分垂在外，揖禦寇而進之 |
| 《·》: | 飛閣懸趣，上揖神泉。 |
| 《·》: | 古者人寡而相親，物多而輕利易讓，故有揖讓而傳天下者。 |
| 《·》: | 桓公乃即壇而立，甯戚、鮑叔、隰朋、易牙、賓胥無皆差肩而立，管子執枹而揖軍士曰：「誰能陷陳破眾者，賜之百金。」 |
| 《·》: | 修政廟堂之上，而折沖千里之外，拱揖指捴，而天下回應，此用兵之上也。 |
| 《·》: | 昔太古嘗無君矣，其民聚生群處，知母不知父，無親戚兄弟夫妻男女之別，無上下長幼之道，無進退揖讓之禮，無衣服履帶宮室畜積之便，無器械舟車城郭險阻之備，此無君之患。 |
| 《》: | 晉人謀去故絳，諸大夫皆曰，必居郇瑕氏之地，沃饒而近盬，國利君樂，不可失也，韓獻子將新中軍，且為僕大夫，公揖而入，獻子從公立於寢庭，謂獻子曰，何如，對曰，不可。 |
| 《·》: | 揖其民力，相更為師，因其土宜，以為民資，則生無乏用，死無傳尸，此謂仁德。 |
| 《·》: | 王孫雒進，顧揖諸大夫曰：「危事不可以為安，死事不可以為生，則無為貴智矣。」 |
| 《》: | 進退揖讓，君子之容。 |
| 《》: | 蔡澤入，則揖應侯，應侯固不快，及見之，又倨。 |
| 《·》: | 計耕桑之功，資財之費，是一物而售百倍其價也，一揖而中萬鍾之粟也。 |
| 《·》: | 其嬉遊乃設俎豆揖讓進退。 |
| 《》: | 兩君就壇，兩相相揖。 |
| 《》: | 子揖師而行 |
| 《·》: | 食其監門，長揖漢王，畫襲陳留，進收敖倉，塞隘杜津，王基以張。 |
| 《》: | 故秦東陵侯邵平獨揖曰。 |
| 《·》: | 彭下車經營勞來，為民四誡，以定父母夫妻兄弟長幼之序，擇民能率眾者，以為鄉三老，選鄉三老為縣三老，令與長吏參職，崇儒雅，貴庠序，上德化，春秋饗射，升降揖讓，務禮示民，吏民畏愛，不敢欺犯。 |
| 《·》: | 至階，天子揖如禮。 |
