| 《·》: | 子曰：“殷因于夏礼，所损益，可知也。” |
| Confucius said, "The Yin dynasty followed the regulations of the Xia; wherein it took from or added to them may be known." |
| 《·》: | 殷受夏，周受殷，所不辞也。 |
| Yin received this rule from Xia and Zhou received it from Yin. It cannot be questioned. |
| 《·》: | 妇人不宜袒，故发胸击心爵踊，殷殷田田，如坏墙然，悲哀痛疾之至也。 |
| The women could not bare their arms, and therefore they (merely) pushed out the breast, and smote upon their hearts, moving their feet with a sliding, hopping motion, and with a constant, heavy sound, like the crumbling away of a wall. The expression of grief, sorrow, and deep-seated pain was extreme. |
| 《》: | 曰，“殷之以中国。” |
| Yangzi said: Use the Central Kingdom's li to correct the others. |
| 《·》: | 天根游于殷阳，至蓼水之上，适遭无名人而问焉，曰：“请问为天下。” |
| Tian Gen, rambling on the south of (mount) Yin, came to the neighbourhood of the Liao-water. Happening there to meet with the man whose name is not known, he put a question to him, saying, 'I beg to ask what should be done in order to (carry on) the government of the world.' |
| 《·》: | 殷夏之灭也，不易礼而亡。 |
| And as for the downfall of Yin and Xia - they were ruined without rites having been altered. |
| 《·》: | 昔殷之兴也，伊挚在夏。 |
| Of old, the rise of the Yin dynasty was due to Yi Zhi who had served under the Xia. |
| 《·》: | 日中，星鸟，以殷中春。 |
| And the day being of medium length, and the culminating star (the central one of the) 'Bird' quarter of the heavens, he was to determine midspring. |
| 《·》: | 武王始入殷，表商容之闾，释箕子之囚，哭比干之墓，天下乡善矣。 |
| 《·》: | 小人之失野，救野莫如敬，故殷人教以敬，而君子敬矣。 |
| 《·》: | 故武王克殷，裨冕而笏。 |
| 《·》: | 及武王克殷，立为天子，欲以为三公。 |
| 《·》: | 人主胡不承殷周秦事以观之乎？ |
| 《·》: | 《含文嘉》曰：“殷爵三等，周爵五等，各有宜也。” |
| 《·》: | 及武王克殷，既定，令殷之民投撤桎梏，而流之于河。 |
| 《·》: | 周之先自后稷，尧封之邰，积德累善十馀世，公娇避桀居邠，大王以狄伐去邠，杖马策居岐国，人争归之，及文王为西伯，断虞芮讼，始受命，吕望、伯夷自海滨来归之，武王伐纣，不期而会孟津上八百诸侯，灭殷，成王即位，周公之属傅相，乃营成周雒邑，以为天下中，诸侯四方，纳贡职道里均矣。 |
| 《·》: | 殷纣为天子而称独夫，仲尼为匹夫而称素王，尽此类也。 |
| 《·》: | 夫殷汤诛尹谐，文王诛潘正，周公诛管蔡，太公诛华士，管仲诛付乙，子产诛史何，凡此七子皆异世而同诛者，以七子异世而同恶，故不可赦也。 |
| 《·》: | 夫桀、纣者，夏、殷之君王也，崇侯、恶来，天子之三公也，而犹不免于小人者，以其心行恶也。 |
| 《·》: | 夏、殷之朝适穷，桀、纣之恶适稔。 |
| 《·》: | 《礼号谥记》说：“夏禹、殷汤、周武王是三王也。” |
| 《·》: | 《书》曰：“兹殷罚有伦。” |
| 《·》: | 盘庚迁殷，革奢即约，化而裁之，与时消息。 |
| 《·》: | 殷纣，微子弃骨肉而亡。 |
| 《·》: | 夏、殷、周称王。 |
| 《·》: | 冕冠：周曰爵弁，殷曰冔，夏曰收，皆以三十升漆布为壳，广八寸，长尺二寸，加爵冕其上，周黑而赤，如爵头之色，前小后大，殷黑而微白，前大后小，夏纯黑而赤，前小后大，皆有收以持笄。 |
| 《·》: | 使：殷、美，说在使。 |
| 《·》: | 夏桀、殷纣、鲁桓、楚穆，状貌七窍，皆同于人，而有禽兽之心。 |
| 《·》: | 昔善战者举兵相从，陈以五行，战以五音，指天之极，与神同方，类类生成，用一不穷，明者为法，微道是行，齐过进退，参之天地，出实触虚，禽将破军，发如镞矢，动如雷霆，暴疾擣虚，殷若坏墙，执急节短，用不缦缦，避我所死，就吾所生，趋吾所时，援吾所胜。 |
| 《·》: | 殷富有名，有名尊宠也。 |
| 《·》: | 生于殷，时为周柱下史。 |
| 《》: | 昔者，鲁周公使康叔往守于殷，戒之曰：“与杀不辜，宁失有罪。” |
| 《·》: | 故上比之殷、周，中比之燕、宋，莫不从此术也。 |
| 《·》: | 孔子云：有虞氏不赏不罚，夏后氏赏而不罚，殷人罚而不赏，周人赏且罚。 |
| 《》: | 孝公用商鞅之法，移风易俗，民以殷盛，国以富强，百姓乐用，诸侯亲服，获楚、魏之师，举地千里，至今治强。 |
| 《·》: | 行令未能一岁，四郊之民殷然益富，商贾之民廓然益贫，桓公召管子而问曰：“此其故何也？” |
| 《·》: | 故成汤讨桀而夏民喜悦，周武伐纣而殷人不非。 |
| 《·》: | 今彼殷商，众口相惑。 |
| 《·》: | 殷誓于军门之外，欲民先意以待事也。 |
| 《·》: | 昔武王执戈秉钺以伐纣胜殷，搢笏杖殳以临朝。 |
| 《·》: | 武王至殷郊，系堕。 |
