| 《·》: | 孟子曰：「牛山之木嘗美矣，以其郊於大國也，斧斤伐之，可以為美乎？」 |
| Mencius said, 'The trees of the Niu mountain were once beautiful. Being situated, however, in the borders of a large State, they were hewn down with axes and bills - and could they retain their beauty?' |
| 《·》: | 昔者夫子言之曰：『吾見封之若堂者矣，見若坊者矣，見若覆夏屋者矣，見若斧者矣。』 |
| Formerly the Master made some remarks to me, saying, "I have seen some mounds made like a raised hall; others like a dyke on a river's bank; others like the roof of a large house; and others in the shape of an axe-head." |
| 《》: | 羿、逄蒙分其弓，良舍其策，般投其斧而習諸，孰曰非也？ |
| If Hou Yi and Pang Meng had broken their bows, Wang Liang given up the horsewhip, and Gong Shuban thrown away his axes, who could say they were wrong? |
| 《·》: | 孟山譽王子閭曰：「昔白公之禍，執王子閭斧鉞鉤要，直兵當心，謂之曰：『為王則生，不為王則死。』」 |
| Meng Shan praised Prince Ze Lu, saying: "Formerly, in the uprising of Bo Gong, Prince Ze Lu was held captive. With axes around his waist and spears pointing at his heart, Bo Gong told him to be Lord and live or refuse and die." |
| 《·》: | 不夭斤斧，物無害者，無所可用，安所困苦哉！ |
| Neither bill nor axe would shorten its existence; there would be nothing to injure it. What is there in its uselessness to cause you distress? |
| 《·》: | 紂乃許之，賜弓矢斧鉞，使得征伐，為西伯。 |
| The emperor agreed to this, and gave him bows, arrows, axes, and halberds, with a commission to start on a warlike expedition. He was appointed Chief of the West. |
| 《·》: | 析薪如之何、匪斧不克。 |
| How do we proceed in splitting firewood? Without an axe it cannot be done. |
| 《·》: | 聖主1之制也：草木榮華滋碩之時，則斧斤不入山林，不夭其生，不絕其長也。 |
| 《·》: | 干將為利，名聞天下，匠以治木，不如斤斧。 |
| 《·》: | 公侯賢者為州方伯，錫斧鉞，置虎賁百人。 |
| 《·》: | 遂伏斧鑕，曰：「命在君。」 |
| 《·》: | 林木茂，而斧斤至焉。 |
| 《·》: | 若農夫佩其耒耜，工匠佩其斧斤，婦人佩其金咸鏤，何以知婦人亦佩玉？ |
| 《·》: | 草木不零落，斧斤不入山林。 |
| 《·》: | 曰：「義死不避斧鉞之罪，義窮不受軒冕之服。」 |
| 《·》: | 周公之為諸侯、猶臣也，及其踐明堂之祚，負斧扆而立，則越裳氏來獻白雉。 |
| 《·》: | 又有周公相成王，抱之負斧扆南面以朝諸侯之圖焉。 |
| 《·》: | 使巧倕加繩墨而制之以斤斧，女工加五色而制之以機杼，則皆成宗廟之器、黼黻之章，可著於鬼神，可御於王公。 |
| 《·》: | 非工伎之人有愛憎也，刀斧如有偶然也。 |
| 《·》: | 次八，升于高危，或斧之梯。 |
| 《·》: | 鏚鉞，斧也。 |
| 《·》: | 《詩》云：「有斧有柯。」 |
| 《·》: | 敝鑿頭兮斷柯斧，鞞𩌇鼓兮補履樸。 |
| 《·》: | 質的張而矢射集，林木茂而斧斤入，非或召之也，形勢之所致。 |
| 《·》: | 小吏白府君，請木工斤斧三十人，作轉輪懸閣，意思橫生。 |
| 《·》: | 白刃在前，斧鑕在後，而卻走不能死也。 |
| 《·》: | 曰：「號令也、斧鉞也、祿賞也。」 |
| 《·》: | 日中必彗，操刀必割，執斧必伐。 |
| 《·》: | 紂之陳億萬，飛廉、惡來身先戟斧，陳開百里。 |
| 《·》: | 昔齊桓公合諸侯以乘車，退誅于國以斧鉞。 |
| 《·》: | 吏陳斧質於東閭，不欲殺之，而欲去之 |
| 《》: | 夏，四月，宋成公卒，於是公子成為右師，公孫友為左師，樂豫為司馬，鱗矔為司徒，公子蕩為司城，華御事為司寇，昭公將去群公子，樂豫曰，不可，公族，公室之枝葉也，若去之，則本根無所庇陰矣，葛藟猶能庇其本根，故君子以為比，況國君乎，此諺所謂庇焉，而縱尋斧焉者也，必不可，君其圖之，親之以德，皆股肱也，誰敢攜貳，若之何去之，不聽，穆襄之族，率國人以攻公，殺公孫固，公孫鄭，于公宮，六卿和公室，樂豫舍司馬，以讓公子卬，昭公即位而葬，書曰，宋人殺其大夫，不稱名，眾也，且言非其罪也。 |
| 《·》: | 斧巾，玄繢緌，縞冠素紕，玄冠組，武卷組纓，象琪，繢瑱，絺紳帶，象玦，朱極韋，素獨。 |
| 《·》: | 問于籍偃，籍偃曰：「偃也以斧鉞從于張孟，日聽命焉，若夫子之命也，何二之有？」 |
| 《》: | 晏子曰：「寡君之事畢矣，嬰無斧鑕之罪，請辭而行。」 |
| 《》: | 漁者渡於于斧之津，乃發其簞飯，清其壺漿而食，曰：「亟食而去，毋令追者及子也。」 |
| 《》: | 今天下之府庫不盈，囷倉空虛，悉其士民，張軍數千百萬，白刃在前，斧質在後，而皆去走，不能死，罪其百姓不能死也，其上不能殺也。 |
| 《·》: | 斧斤以時，材木不可勝用。 |
| 《·》: | 採桑女乃為之歌曰：「墓門有棘，斧以斯之。」 |
| 《·》: | 濞之受吳，疆土踰矩，雖戒東南，終用齊斧。 |
| 《》: | 何等二十人伏斧鑕於淮南市。 |
