| 《·》: | 子曰：“饭疏食饮水，曲肱而枕之，乐亦在其中矣。” |
| The Master said, "With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bended arm for a pillow; I have still joy in the midst of these things." |
| 《·》: | 五命曰：‘无曲防，无遏籴，无有封而不告。’ |
| The fifth was, "Follow no crooked policy in making embankments. Impose no restrictions on the sale of grain. Let there be no promotions without first announcing them to the sovereign." |
| 《·》: | 曲袷如矩以应方。 |
| The opening at the neck was square, as if made by means of that instrument so named. |
| 《》: | 曰：“涂虽曲而通诸夏则由诸，川虽曲而通诸海则由诸。” |
| Yangzi said: Although the road is crooked, if it still reaches the Xia, then follow it. Although the river is winding, if it still reaches the ocean, then follow it. |
| 《·》: | 必厚作敛于百姓，暴夺民衣食之财，以为宫室，台榭曲直之望，青黄刻镂之饰。 |
| They would tax the people, robbing them of their means of livelihood, in order to have their palaces covered with porches and pavilions in various designs and adorned with paintings and sculpture. |
| 《·》: | 其大本拥肿而不中绳墨，其小枝卷曲而不中规矩，立之涂，匠者不顾。 |
| Its trunk swells out to a large size, but is not fit for a carpenter to apply his line to it; its smaller branches are knotted and crooked, so that the disk and square cannot be used on them. Though planted on the wayside, a builder would not turn his head to look at it. |
| 《》: | 曲则全，枉则直，洼则盈，弊则新，少则得，多则惑。 |
| 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. |
| 《·》: | 吾闻穷巷多怪，曲学多辨。 |
| I have heard it said that in poor country districts, much is thought strange, and that in village schools there are many debates. |
| 《·》: | 法者，曲制，官道，主用也。 |
| By method and discipline are to be understood the marshaling of the army in its proper subdivisions, the graduations of rank among the officers, the maintenance of roads by which supplies may reach the army, and the control of military expenditure. |
| 《·》: | 礼之于正国家也，如权衡之于轻重也，如绳墨之于曲直也。 |
| 《·》: | 夫树曲木者恶得直景，人君不直其行，不敬其言者，未有能保帝王之号，垂显令之名者也。 |
| 《·》: | 子反之行，一曲之变。 |
| 《·》: | 妇人对曰：“阿谷之隧，隐曲之泛，其水载清载浊，流而趋海，欲饮则饮，何问妇人乎？” |
| 《·》: | 木直而中绳，輮而为轮，其曲中规，枯暴不复挺者，輮使之然也。 |
| 《·》: | 《》曰：“天地四时山川五祀，岁遍。” |
| 《·》: | 故为人君者，其出令也，其如声，士民学之，其如响，曲折而从君，其如景矣。 |
| 《·》: | 臣为主虑，莫若善楚，秦、楚合为一而以临韩，韩必拱手，王施之以东山之险，带以曲河之利，韩必为关内之侯，若是而王以十万伐郑，梁氏寒心，许鄢陵、婴城，而上蔡、召陵不往来也，如此而魏亦关内侯矣。 |
| 《·》: | 如激风之至，如暴雨之集，不论是非之性，不识曲直之理，期于不穷，务于必胜，以故浅识而好奇者，见其如此也，固以为辩。 |
| 《·》: | 不仕而敬上，不祀而敬鬼，直己而曲于人。 |
| 《·》: | 谚曰：“曲水恶直绳，重罚恶明证。” |
| 《·》: | 此以曲伎合，合则遇。 |
| 《·》: | 次七，曲其故，迂其涂，厉之驯。 |
| 《·》: | 夫圣人之制礼也，事有其制，曲有其防，为其可传，为其可继。 |
| 《·》: | 赏罚是非，相与曲谬，虽十黄帝固所不能治也。 |
| 《·》: | 淫惠、曲意，私怨，此三者，实枉贞道，乱大德，然成败得失，莫匪由之，救病不给，其竟奚暇于道德哉？ |
| 《·》: | |
| 《·》: | 枉士无正友，曲上无直下。 |
| 《·》: | 于是奚仲乃桡曲为轮，因直为辕，驾马服牛，浮舟杖楫，以代人力。 |
| 《·》: | 曲引兴兮繁丝抚，然后哀声既发，秘弄乃开。 |
| 《·》: | 因复指河曲之淫隅曰：“彼中有宝珠，泳可得也。” |
| 《·》: | 夫物故曲可改人可使。 |
| 《·》: | 瞳子，若新生之犊，而无求其故，形若枯木，心若死灰，真其实知而不以曲故自持，恢恢无心可谋，“明白四达，能无知乎？” |
| 《》: | 事善能， |
| 《·》: | 故当今之时，能去私曲就公法者，民安而国治。 |
| 《》: | 不问可否，不论曲直，非秦者去，为客者逐。 |
| 《·》: | 管子曰：“惟曲衡之数为可耳。” |
| 《·》: | 吾观其众，邪曲胜直。 |
| 《·》: | 兵有胜于朝廷，有胜于原野，有胜于市井，斗则得，服则失，幸以不败，此不意彼惊惧而曲胜之也。 |
| 《·》: | 军谶曰：世世作奸，侵盗县官，进退求便，委曲弄文，以危其君，是谓国奸。 |
| 《·》: | 今有曲池，上中周二丈，外周四丈，广一丈，下中周一丈四尺，外周二丈四尺，广五尺，深一丈。 |
| 《·》: | 其旨约而远，其言曲而中，将恐废替，濡滞不通，使谈天者无所取则，辄依经为图，诚冀颓毁重仞之墙，披露堂室之奥，庶博物君子，时逈思焉。 |
