| 《·》: | 其有成功也。 |
| How majestic was he in the works which he accomplished! |
| 《·》: | 不能三年之喪，而緦小功之察。 |
| 'Not to be able to keep the three years' mourning, and to be very particular about that of three months, or that of five months. |
| 《·》: | 斬衰三升，齊衰四升、五升、六升，大功七升、八升、九升，小功十升、十一升、十二升，緦麻十五升去其半，有事其縷、無事其布曰緦。 |
| 'The mourning with jagged edges was made with 3 sheng of hempen threads, each sheng containing 81 threads; that with even edge, with 4, 5, or 6 sheng; that for the nine months' mourning with 7, 8, or 9 sheng; that for the five months, with 10, 11, or 12 sheng; that for the three months, with 15 sheng less the half. When the thread was manipulated and boiled, no such operation was performed on the woven cloth, and it was called sze (or the material for the mourning of three months). |
| 《》: | 人道交，功勛成，奚其守？ |
| When men interact with the Dao, accomplishments of merit are completed. Why must he keep to himself? |
| 《·》: | 功，利民也。 |
| Gong (achievement) is benefiting the people. |
| 《·》: | 故曰：至人無己，神人無功，聖人無名。 |
| Therefore it is said, 'The Perfect man has no (thought of) self; the Spirit-like man, none of merit; the Sagely-minded man, none of fame.' |
| 《》: | 為而不恃，功成而弗居。 |
| They go through their processes, and there is no expectation (of a reward for the results). The work is accomplished, and there is no resting in it (as an achievement). |
| 《·》: | 公孫鞅曰：「臣聞之，『疑行無成，疑事無功，』君亟定變法之慮，殆無顧天下之議之也。」 |
| Gong sun Yang said: "I have heard it said that he who hesitates in action, does not accomplish anything, and that he who hesitates in affairs, gains no merit. Let Your Highness settle Your thoughts quickly about altering the laws and perhaps not heed the criticism of the empire." |
| 《·》: | 故善戰者之勝也，無智名，無勇功。 |
| Hence his victories bring him neither reputation for wisdom nor credit for courage. |
| 《·》: | 晏子功用之臣也，不如子產。 |
| 《·》: | 功成而不利於人，則我不能勸也。 |
| 《·》: | 《》著功，故長於事。 |
| 《·》: | 水火不積，則光炎不博：禮義不加乎國家，則功名不白。 |
| 《·》: | 處此之功，無私如天地爾，豈顧不用哉？ |
| 《·》: | 人皆五十里，差次功德，小者不滿為附庸，附庸者，附大國以名通也。 |
| 《·》: | 大禹曰：「民無食也，則我弗能使也，功成而不利於民，我弗能勸也。」 |
| 《·》: | 漢六年，正月，封功臣，張子房未嘗有戰功，高皇帝曰：「鉉籌策帷幄之中，決勝千里之外，子房功也，子房自擇齊三萬戶。」 |
| 《·》: | 故雖有其才，而無其志，亦不能興其功也。 |
| 《·》: | 夫子糾未成君，而管仲未成臣，管仲才度義，管仲不死束縛而立功名，未可非也。 |
| 《·》: | 其富者則以賄玷精，貧者則以乏易計，或以喪亂朞其年歲，此其所以逮初喪功而及其童蒙者也。 |
| 《·》: | 有才不得施，有智不得行，或施而功不立，或行而事不成，雖才智如孔子，猶無成立之功。 |
| 《·》: | 上九，倉靈之雌，不同宿而離失，則歲之功乖。 |
| 《》: | 顧惟述作之功，故聊光啟之耳。 |
| 《·》: | 載、功、物，事也。 |
| 《·》: | 其功格宇宙，粵有虎臣亂政，時亦惟荒圯湮，茲洪軌儀，鑒于三代之典，王允迪厥德，功業有尚。 |
| 《·》: | |
| 《·》: | 義者人之所宜，賞善罰惡，以立功立事。 |
| 《·》: | 功德參合，而道術生焉 |
| 《·》: | 秦承周末為漢驅除，自以德兼三皇，功包五帝，故并以為號。 |
| 《·》: | 群臣異姓有功封者，謂之徹侯。 |
| 《·》: | 子列子曰：「天地无全功，聖人无全能，萬物无全用。」 |
| 《·》: | 計功而償，權德而言，王鈇在此，孰能使營。 |
| 《·》: | 有功即有名，無功即無名，有名產於無名，無名者有名之母也，天之道有無相生也，難易相成也。 |
| 《·》: | 天下歸功于聖人，聖人任功于天下。 |
| 《·》: | 龍見越鄉，功遂身返。 |
| 《》: | 昔之君子，其所以為功者，以其民也。 |
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| 《·》: | 今秦出號令而行賞罰，有功無功相事也。 |
| 《·》: | 明君動事分功必由慧，定賞分財必由法，行德制中必由禮。 |
| 《》: | 惠王用張儀之計，拔三川之地，西并巴、蜀，北收上郡，南取漢中，包九夷，制鄢、郢，東據成皋之險，割膏腴之壤，遂散六國之從，使之西面事秦，功施到今。 |
| 《·》: | 大功者太祖，小功者小祖，無功者無祖，無功者皆稱其位而立沃，有功者觀於外。 |
