| 《·》: | 久者数岁，速者数月，是上不暇听治，士不暇治其官府，农夫不暇稼穑，妇人不暇纺绩织紝，则是国家失卒，而百姓易务也，然而又与其车马之罢弊也，幔幕帷盖，三军之用，甲兵之备，五分而得其一，则犹为序疏矣。 |
| 'It may last for several years, or, at the shortest, several months. So, the superior will have no time to attend to government, the officials will have no time to attend to their offices, the farmers will have no time to sow or reap, the women will have no time to weave or spin: that is, the state will lose its men and the people will neglect their vocations. Besides, the chariots will break and horses will be exhausted. As to tents, army supplies, and soldiers' equipment - if one-fifth of these can remain (after the war) it would already be beyond expectation. |
| 《·》: | 之人也，之德也，将旁礴万物，以为一世蕲乎乱，孰弊弊焉以天下为事！ |
| That man, with those attributes, though all things were one mass of confusion, and he heard in that condition the whole world crying out to him to be rectified, would not have to address himself laboriously to the task, as if it were his business to rectify the world. |
| 《》: | 曲则全，枉则直，洼则盈，弊则新，少则得，多则惑。 |
| The partial becomes complete; the crooked, straight; the empty, full; the worn out, new. He whose (desires) are few gets them; he whose (desires) are many goes astray. |
| 《·》: | 此三者，非事相反也，民道弊而所重易也，世事变而行道异也。 |
| But these three methods did not aim at antagonistic purposes. The guiding principles of the people are base and they are not consistent in what they value. As the conditions in the world change, different principles are practised. |
| 《·》: | 夫钝兵，挫锐，屈力，殚货，则诸侯乘其弊而起，虽有智者，不能善其后矣！ |
| Now, when your weapons are dulled, your ardor damped, your strength exhausted and your treasure spent, other chieftains will spring up to take advantage of your extremity. Then no man, however wise, will be able to avert the consequences that must ensue. |
| 《·》: | 金舌弊口，犹将无益也。 |
| 《·》: | 衣虽弊，行必修。 |
| 《·》: | 其有继周之弊，故若此也。 |
| 《·》: | 鲍焦衣弊肤见，挈畚持蔬，遇子贡于道。 |
| 《》: | 孔子言之曰：‘其不伐则犹可能也，其不弊百姓者则仁也。’ |
| 《·》: | 孔子承周之弊，行夏之陆，知继十一月正者当用十三月也。 |
| 《·》: | 夫淮南窳民贫乡也，繇使长安者，自悉以补，行中道而衣行胜已羸弊矣，强提荷弊衣而至，虑非假贷自诣，非有以所闻也。 |
| 《·》: | 项王见人恭谨，言语呴呴，人疾病，涕泣分食饮，至使人有功当封爵，印刓绶弊，忍不能与，此所谓妇人之仁。 |
| 《·》: | 鹑鸟之性善近人，飞不峻也，不速也，蹲蹲然似若将可获也，卒至乎不可获，是孺子之所以𨁉膝踠足而不以为弊也。 |
| 《·》: | 其不弊百姓，则仁也。 |
| 《·》: | 今商竞鬻无用之货、淫极侈之弊，以惑民取产，虽于淫商有得，然国计愈失矣。 |
| 《·》: | 语曰：“图王不成，其弊可以霸。” |
| 《·》: | 次七，劳牵不其鼻，于尾，弊。 |
| 《·》: | 于是从散约败，争割地而赂秦，秦有馀力而制其弊。 |
| 《·》: | 舌柔顺，终以不弊。 |
| 《·》: | 曰：“皇民敦，秦民弊，时也。” |
| 《·》: | 夫子陈、蔡之厄，豆饭菜羹，不足以接馁，二三子布弊褞袍，不足以避寒，倥偬屈厄，自处甚矣。 |
| 《》: | 又议动兵，非但劳人，凶年随之，其罢弊有不可胜言者，此先帝所以发德音也。 |
| 《·》: | 是以其教不猒，其用不弊。 |
| 《·》: | 服此道者不欲盈，夫唯不盈，是以弊不新成。 |
| 《·》: | 圣人之言亦然，言有无之弊，又言非有非无之弊，又言去非有非无之弊。 |
| 《》: | 敝则新， |
| 《·》: | 陛下虽以金石相弊，则兼天下之日未也。 |
| 《·》: | 故车马不弊于远路，旌旗不乱于大泽，万民不失命于寇戎，豪杰不著名于图书。 |
| 《·》: | 桓公问于管子曰：“楚者，山东之强国也，其人民习战斗之道，举兵伐之，恐力不能过，兵弊于楚，功不成于周，为之奈何？” |
| 《·》: | 故曰：天下战国，五胜者祸，四胜者弊，三胜者霸，二胜者王，一胜者帝。 |
| 《·》: | 凡战：先则弊，后则慑，息则怠，不息亦弊，息久亦反其慑。 |
| 《·》: | 如此，虽战胜而国益弱，得地而国益贫，由国中之制弊矣。 |
| 《·》: | 是故质壮轻足者为甲卒，千里之外，家老羸弱，凄怆于内，厮徒马圉，軵车奉饷，道路辽远，霜雪亟集，短褐不完，人羸车弊，泥涂至膝，相携于道，奋首于路，身枕格而死，所谓兼国有地者，伏尸数十万，破车以千百数，伤弓弩矛戟矢石之创者，扶举于路，故世至于枕人头，食人肉，菹人肝，饮人血，甘之于刍豢故。 |
| 《·》: | 士之速弊一若此乎？ |
| 《·》: | 及期而往，复见，申生告之曰：“帝许罚有罪矣，弊于韩。” |
| 《·》: | 夫差对曰：“寡人礼先壹饭矣，君若不忘周室，而为弊邑宸宇，亦寡人之愿也。” |
| 《》: | 酒酣，晏子作歌曰：“穗乎不得获，秋风至兮殚零落，风雨之拂杀也，太上之靡弊也。” |
| 《》: | 九曰利甲兵以承其弊。 |
| 《·》: | 革乱补弊，移风易俗，改制作新，海内毕贡，天下承风。 |
| 《》: | 颜率曰：“弊邑固窃为大王患之。” |
