| 《·》: | 子墨子曰：“昔者，商王纣，卿士费仲，为天下之暴人，箕子、微子为天下之圣人，此同言而或仁不仁也。” |
| Mozi said: In ancient times, minister Fei Zhong of Emperor Zhou of Shang was the terror of the world. While Baron Ji and Baron Wei were the sages of the world. Now these spoke the same dialect, but the latter were magnanimous and the former was wicked. |
| 《·》: | 微子去之，箕子为之奴，比干谏而死。 |
| The Viscount of Wei withdrew from the court. The Viscount of Ji became a slave to Zhou. Bi Gan remonstrated with him and died. |
| 《·》: | 又有微子、微仲、王子比干、箕子、胶鬲皆贤人也，相与辅相之，故久而后失之也。 |
| Moreover, there were the viscount of Wei and his second son, their Royal Highnesses Bi Gan and the viscount of Qi, and Jiao Ge, all men of ability and virtue, who gave their joint assistance to Zhou in his government. In consequence of these things, it took a long time for him to lose the throne. |
| 《·》: | 若狐不偕、务光、伯夷、叔齐、箕子胥馀、纪他、申徒狄，是役人之役，适人之适，而不自适其适者也。 |
| Such men as Hu Bu-jie, Wu Guang, Bo-yi, Shu-Qi, the count of Ji, Xu-yu, Ji Ta, and Shen-tu Di, all did service for other men, and sought to secure for them what they desired, not seeking their own pleasure. |
| 《·》: | 箕子惧，乃详狂为奴，纣又囚之。 |
| The viscount of Ji, in terror, then feigned himself mad, and became a slave, and the tyrant again imprisoned him. |
| 《·》: | 释箕子囚，封比干墓，式商容闾。 |
| He delivered the count of Qi from prison, and raised a mound over the grave of Bi-gan. He bowed forward to the cross-bar of his carriage at the gate of Shang Rong's village. |
| 《·》: | 六五：箕子之明夷，利贞。 |
| The fifth six, divided, shows how the count of K? fulfilled the condition indicated by Ming Yi. It will be advantageous to be firm and correct. |
| 《》: | 箕子以其智为武王陈《》，杀身者远矣！ |
| Jizi used his wisdom to layout the Hongfan for King Wu. He too was far from getting himself killed. |
| 《·》: | 昔者纣为象箸而箕子怖。 |
| 《·》: | 武王伐纣，发钜桥之粟，散鹿台之钱，封比干之墓，表商容之闾，朝成汤之庙，解箕子之囚。 |
| 《·》: | 封王子比干之墓，释箕子之囚，使之行商容而复其位。 |
| 《·》: | 周公曰：“刳比干而囚箕子，飞廉、恶来知政，夫又恶有不可焉！” |
| 《》: | 十月，晋阴饴甥会秦伯，盟于王城，秦伯曰，晋国和乎，对曰，不和，小人耻失其君，而悼丧其亲，不惮征缮，以立圉也，曰，必报雠，宁事戎狄，君子爱其君，而知其罪，不惮征缮以待秦命，曰，必报德，有死无二，以此不和，秦伯曰，国谓君何，对曰，小人戚，谓之不免，君子恕，以为必归，小人曰，我毒秦，秦岂归君，君子曰，我知罪矣，秦必归君，贰而执之，服而舍之，德莫厚焉，刑莫威焉，服者怀德，贰者畏刑，此一役也，秦可以霸，纳而不定，废而不立，以德为怨，秦不其然，秦伯曰，是吾心也，改馆晋侯，馈七牢焉蛾析谓庆郑曰，盍行乎，对曰，陷君于败，败而不死，又使失刑，非人臣也，臣而不臣，行将焉入，十一月，晋侯归，丁丑，杀庆郑而后入，是岁，晋又饥，秦伯又饩之粟，曰，吾怨其君而矜其民，且吾闻唐叔之封也，箕子曰，其后必大，晋其庸可冀乎，姑树德焉，以待能者，于是秦始征晋河东，置官司焉。 |
| 《·》: | 纣杀王子比干，箕子被发而佯狂，陈灵公杀泄冶而邓元去陈。 |
| 《·》: | 仁人，谓箕子、微子，来则用之。 |
| 《·》: | 外物不可必，故龙逄诛，比干戮，箕子狂，恶来死，桀、纣亡 |
