| 《·》: | 子曰：“吾十有五而志于学，三十而立，四十而不惑，五十而知天命，六十而耳顺，七十而从心所欲，不逾矩。” |
| The Master said, "At fifteen, I had my mind bent on learning. At thirty, I stood firm. At forty, I had no doubts. At fifty, I knew the decrees of Heaven. At sixty, my ear was an obedient organ for the reception of truth. At seventy, I could follow what my heart desired, without transgressing what was right." |
| 《·》: | 大匠诲人，必以规矩。 |
| A master-workman, in teaching others, uses the compass and square. |
| 《·》: | 古者深衣，盖有制度，以应规、矩、绳、权、衡。 |
| Anciently the long dress had definite measurements, so as to satisfy the requirements of the compass and square, the line, the balance, and the steelyard. |
| 《》: | 如委己而从人，虽有规矩准绳，焉得而用之。 |
| If he had given up on himself and followed others, then even though he had compass and square, level and marking line, how could he have been able to use them? |
| 《·》: | 方：矩见攴也。 |
| The carpenter's square shows it in the rough (?). |
| 《·》: | 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. |
| 《·》: | 左准绳，右规矩，载四时，以开九州，通九道，陂九泽，度九山。 |
| On the one hand he used the marking-line, and on the other the compass and square. Working as the seasons permitted, and with a view to open up the nine provinces, he made the roads communicable, banked up the marshes, surveyed the hills. |
| 《·》: | 有物于此，居则周静致下，动则綦高以钜，圆者中规，方者中矩，大参天地，德厚尧禹，精微乎毫毛，而盈大乎寓宙。 |
| 《·》: | 衣必荷规而承矩，负绳而准下。 |
| 《》: | 亲有尊卑，位有上下，各死其事，事不逾矩，执权而伐。 |
| 《·》: | 古者、天子左五钟，将出，则撞黄钟，而右五钟皆应之，马鸣中律，驾者有文，御者有数，立则磬折，拱则抱鼓，行步中规，折旋中矩，然后太师奏升车之乐，告出也。 |
| 《》: | 行中矩绳，而不伤于本。 |
| 《》: | 父者，矩也，以法度教子。 |
| 《·》: | 行以采荠，趋以肆夏，步中规，折中矩。 |
| 《·》: | 周旋中规，折旋中矩。 |
| 《·》: | 周制，三百步为里，千步而井，三井而埒，埒三而矩，五十里而都，封百里而有国。 |
| 《·》: | 故圣人之制经以遗后贤也，譬犹巧倕之为规矩准绳以遗后工也。 |
| 《·》: | 次六，准绳规矩，不同其施。 |
| 《》: | 父字叔矩，遭母忧，既葬之后，饘粥不赡。 |
| 《·》: | 故制事因短而动益长，以圆制规，以矩立方。 |
| 《·》: | 裁帛制扇，陈象应矩。 |
| 《·》: | 弟子东门贾、禽滑厘，闻偃师之巧，以告二子，二子终身不敢语艺，而时执规矩。 |
| 《·》: | 成鸠既见上世之嗣失道亡功倍本灭德之则，故为之不朽之国定位牢祭，使鬼神亶曰，增规不圆，益矩不方。 |
| 《·》: | 老子曰：道至高无上，至深无下，平乎准，直乎绳，圆乎规，方乎矩，包裹天地而无表里，洞同覆盖而无所荬，是故体道者，不怒不喜，其坐无虑，寝而不梦，见物而名，事至而应。 |
| 《·》: | 故曰：巧匠目意中绳，然必先以规矩为度。 |
| 《·》: | 清神生心，心生规，规生矩，矩生方，方生正，正生历，历生四时，四时生万物，圣人因而理之，道徧矣。 |
| 《·》: | 天浮铁螳蜋，矩内圆外，径四尺以上，环络自副，三十二具。 |
| 《·》: | 王者，制人以道，降心服志，设矩备衰，四海会同，王职不废，虽有甲兵之备，而无战斗之患。 |
| 《》: | 今有望深谷，偃矩岸上，令句高六尺。 |
| 《·》: | 立规矩，准方圆，谨法度，约尺丈，立权衡，平重轻，剖毫厘，析黍絫。 |
| 《·》: | 圆出于方，方出于矩。 |
| 《·》: | 若夫规矩钩绳者，此巧之具也，而非所以巧也。 |
| 《·》: | 文信侯曰：“尝得学黄帝之所以诲颛顼矣，爰有大圜在上，大矩在下，汝能法之，为民父母。” |
| 《·》: | 是以规矩一而不易，不为秦楚缓节，不为胡越改容。 |
| 《》: | 大匠曰：“立室以宫矩为之。” |
| 《》: | 孙子复撝鼓之，当左右进退，回旋规矩，不敢瞬目，二队寂然无敢顾者 |
| 《》: | 问其故，对曰：‘吾已大饴，年已长矣，吾苦夫匠人，且以绳墨案规矩刻镂我。’ |
| 《·》: | 弦高贩牛于周，五羖赁车入秦，公输子以规矩，欧冶以熔铸。 |
| 《·》: | 濞之受吴，疆土逾矩，虽戒东南，终用齐斧。 |
| 《》: | 规圆而生矩。 |
| 《·》: | 勃衣方领，能矩步，辞言娴雅。 |
