| 《·》: | 體：若二之一，尺之端也。 |
| For example, one of two, or the starting-point of a measured length. |
| 《·》: | 孝弟也者，其為仁之本與！ |
| Filial piety and fraternal submission! - are they not the root of all benevolent actions? |
| 《·》: | 萬乘之國弒其君者，必千乘之家。 |
| In the kingdom of ten thousand chariots, the murderer of his sovereign shall be the chief of a family of a thousand chariots. |
| 《·》: | 子之先生死矣，弗活矣，不以旬數矣！ |
| Your master is a dead man. He will not live; -- not for ten days more! |
| 《·》: | 黃帝者，少典之子，姓公孫，名曰軒轅。 |
| Huangdi (Yellow emperor) was the son of Shaodian. His surname was Gongsun, and his prename Xuanyuan. |
| 《·》: | 凡為人子之禮：冬溫而夏凊，昏定而晨省，在醜夷不爭。 |
| For all sons it is the rule: In winter, to warm (the bed for their parents), and to cool it in summer; in the evening, to adjust everything (for their repose), and to inquire (about their health) in the morning; and, when with their companions, not to quarrel. |
| 《》: | 奈何萬乘之主，而以身輕天下？ |
| How should the lord of a myriad chariots carry himself lightly before the kingdom? |
| 《·》: | 關關雎鳩、在河之洲。 |
| Guan-guan go the ospreys, On the islet in the river. |
| 《·》: | 孫子曰：兵者，國之大事，死生之地，存亡之道，不可不察也。 |
| Sunzi said: The art of war is of vital importance to the State. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected. |
| 《·》: | 子曰：「易有聖人之道四焉」者，此之謂也。 |
| This is the import of what the Master said, that 'In the Yi there are four things indicating the way of the sages.' |
| 《·》: | 千乘之國，守千物者削。 |
| A country of a thousand chariots |
| 《·》: | 由此觀之，夫戰者，萬乘之存亡也。 |
| 《·》: | 太歲迎者辱，背者強，左者衰，右者昌，小歲東南則生，西北則殺，不可迎也，而可背也，不可左也，而可右也，其此之謂也。 |
| 《·》: | 公孫龍曰：「先生之言悖。」 |
| 《·》: | 此之謂也。 |
| 《》: | 食舍肉，公問之，對曰：「小人有母，皆嘗小人之食矣，未嘗君之羹。」 |
