| 《·》: | 卑宮室,而盡力乎溝洫。 |
| He lived in a low, mean house, but expended all his strength on the ditches and water channels. |
| 《·》: | 為貧者,辭尊居卑,辭富居貧。 |
| He who takes office on account of his poverty must decline an honourable situation and occupy a low one; he must decline riches and prefer to be poor. |
| 《·》: | 夫禮者,自卑而尊人。 |
| Propriety is seen in humbling one's self and giving honour to others. |
| 《》: | 仰天庭而知天下之居卑也哉! |
| Looking up at Tian's Hall one knows the lowliness of the world's station. |
| 《·》: | 言親疏尊卑之異也 |
| This is to advocate a discrimination among the near and the distant relations and among the respectable and the humble. |
| 《·》: | 卑身而伏,以候敖者。 |
| There it lies, crouching and low, till the wanderer approaches. |
| 《·》: | 夫民之不治者,君道卑也。 |
| Indeed, if a people are not orderly, it is because their prince follows inferior ways. |
| 《·》: | 利而誘之,亂而取之,實而備之,強而避之,怒而撓之,卑而驕之,佚而勞之,親而離之。 |
| Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him. If he is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. |
| 《·》: | 卑宮室,致費於溝淢。 |
| Until his wretched hovel fell in ruins in the ditch. |
| 《·》: | 曾元曰:「志卑。」 |
| 《·》: | 此所以祭先王之廟也,此所以獻酢酳之酬也,所以官序貴賤各得其宜也,此可以示後世有尊卑長幼之序也。 |
| 《·》: | 文公不能服喪,不時奉祭,不以三年,又以喪取,取於大夫,以卑宗廊,亂其群祖以逆先公。 |
| 《·》: | 由是觀之,卑賤貧窮,非士之恥也。 |
| 《》: | 其順之,然後言其喪算,備其鼎俎,設其豕腊,脩其宗廟,歲時以敬祭祀,以序宗族,則安其居處,醜其衣服,卑其宮室,車不雕幾,器不刻鏤,食不貳味,以與民同利,昔之君子之行禮者如此。 |
| 《·》: | 小國下爵,猶有尊卑,亦以勸人也。 |
| 《·》: | 湯曰:藥食嘗於卑,然後至於貴。 |
| 《·》: | 公誠能無愛金玉璧帛,令太子為書,卑辭以安車迎之,因使辯士固請宜來,來以為客,時時從入朝,令上見之,上見之即必異問之,問之,上知此四人,亦一助也。 |
| 《·》: | 患己之卑而不知其所以然,哀哉! |
| 《·》: | 費人攻之,及臺側,孔子命申句須、樂頎,勒士眾,下伐之,費人北,遂隳三都之城,強公室,弱私家,尊君卑臣,政化大行。 |
| 《·》: | 故曰:寵位不足以為尊我,而卑賤不足以卑己。 |
| 《·》: | 貴或秩有高下,富或貲有多少,皆星位尊卑小大之所授也。 |
| 《·》: | 測曰,「位高」「事卑」、德不能也。 |
| 《·》: | 言其卑小 |
| 《·》: | 子貢謂之曰:「今子、士也,位卑而圖大。」 |
| 《·》: | 高下失序則位輕,班級不固則位輕,祿薄卑寵則位輕,官職屢改則位輕,遷轉煩瀆則位輕,黜陟不明則位輕,待臣不以禮則位輕。 |
| 《·》: | 於是賞善罰惡而潤色之,興辟雍庠序而教誨之,然後賢愚異議,廉鄙異科,長幼異節,上下有差,強弱相扶,小大相懷,尊卑相承,鴈行相隨,不言而信,不怒而威,豈恃堅甲利兵、深刑刻法、朝夕切切而後行哉? |
| 《·》: | 古者尊卑共之,貴賤不嫌,則可同號之義也。 |
| 《·》: | 幘者,古之卑賤執事不冠者之所服也。 |
| 《·》: | 男女之別,男尊女卑,故以男為貴。 |
| 《·》: | 尊卑名號,自君吏民,次者無國,歷寵歷錄,副所以付授,與天人參相結連,鉤攷之具不備故也。 |
| 《·》: | 以亡取存,以卑取尊,以退取先。 |
| 《·》: | 關尹子曰:「不知道,妄意卜者,如射覆盂:高之存金、存玉,中之存角、存羽,卑之存瓦、存石。」 |
| 《》: | 政曰:民者、至卑也,而使之取吏焉必取所愛,故十人愛之,則十人之吏也。 |
| 《》: | 處眾人之所惡, |
| 《·》: | 昔者紂之亡,周之卑,皆從諸侯之博大也。 |
| 《·》: | 卑賤畏敬,臣之分也。 |
| 《·》: | 鷙鳥將擊,卑飛歛翼。 |
| 《·》: | 貴爵富祿必稱,尊卑之體也。 |
| 《·》: | 卑者,貴之。 |
| 《·》: | 從比干視箕子,則卑矣。 |
| 《·》: | 堯傳天下於舜,禮之諸侯,妻以二女,臣以十子,身請北面朝之,至卑也。 |