| 《·》: | 吾聞之也，君子周急不繼富。 |
| I have heard that a superior man helps the distressed, but does not add to the wealth of the rich. |
| 《·》: | 孟子曰：「知者無不知也，當務之為急。」 |
| Mencius said, 'The wise embrace all knowledge, but they are most earnest about what is of the greatest importance.' |
| 《·》: | 招搖在上，急繕其怒。 |
| That with the Pointer of the Northern Bushel should be reared aloft (in the centre of the host) - all to excite and direct the fury (of the troops). |
| 《》: | 或曰：「當布之急，雖明哲之如何？」 |
| The other said: Ji Bu was in an urgent situation. What would someone who was wise do? |
| 《·》: | 故曰：「齊舒緩，秦慢易，楚促急，燕戇投。」 |
| They say that the people of Qi are soft and supple, those of Qin unsteady and versatile, of Chu lively and passionate, of Yan dull and simple. |
| 《·》: | 任：為身之所惡，以成人之所急。 |
| He performs what in his own interests he dislikes in order to bring about what others need. |
| 《·》: | 葉公子高將使於齊，問於仲尼曰：「王使諸梁也甚重，齊之待使者，蓋將甚敬而不急。」 |
| Zi Gao, duke of She, being about to proceed on a mission to Qi, asked Zhongni, saying, The king is sending me, Zhu Liang, on a mission which is very important. Qi will probably treat me as his commissioner with great respect, but it will not be in a hurry (to attend to the business). |
| 《·》: | 重刑而連其罪，則褊急之民不鬥，很剛之民不訟，怠惰之民不游，費資之民不作，巧諛惡心之民無變也。 |
| If penalties are made heavy and relations are involved in the punishments, petty and irascible people will not quarrel, intractable and stubborn people will not litigate, slothful and lazy people will not idle, those who waste their substance will not thrive, and those of evil heart, given to flattery, will bring about no change. |
| 《·》: | 國之貧于師者遠輸，遠輸則百姓貧，近于師者貴賣，貴賣則百姓財竭，財竭則急于丘役，力屈財殫，中原內虛于家，百姓之費，十去其七，公家之費，破車罷馬，甲冑矢弩，戟楯蔽櫓，丘牛大車，十去其六。 |
| Poverty of the State exchequer causes an army to be maintained by contributions from a distance. Contributing to maintain an army at a distance causes the people to be impoverished. On the other hand, the proximity of an army causes prices to go up; and high prices cause the people's substance to be drained away. When their substance is drained away, the peasantry will be afflicted by heavy exactions. With this loss of substance and exhaustion of strength, the homes of the people will be stripped bare, and three-tenths of their income will be dissipated; while government expenses for broken chariots, worn-out horses, breast-plates and helmets, bows and arrows, spears and shields, protective mantles, draught-oxen and heavy wagons, will amount to four-tenths of its total revenue. |
| 《·》: | 順天之義，知民之急。 |
| He followed Heaven's laws, and knew the people's needs. |
| 《·》: | 齊給便敏而無類，雜能旁魄而無用，析速粹孰而不急，不恤是非，不論曲直，以期勝人為意，是役夫之知也。 |
| 《·》: | 其有重尸多死者，急則有聚眾，童子擊鼓苣火，入官宮里用之，各擊鼓苣火，逐官宮里。 |
| 《·》: | 不然，傳於眾辭，觀於眾物，說不急之言而以惑後進者，君子之所甚惡也。 |
| 《·》: | 故君子橋褐趨時，當務為急。 |
| 《·》: | 均田者，始除田也，言農夫急除田也。 |
| 《·》: | 昭公死於晉乾侯之地，數月歸，至急，當未有謚也 |
| 《·》: | 無六年之蓄，謂之急。 |
| 《·》: | 留侯曰：「始上數在困急之中，幸用臣，今天下安定，以愛幼欲易太子骨肉間。」 |
| 《·》: | 夫禮也者，人之急也，可終身蹈，而不可須臾離也 |
| 《·》: | 賜欲知死者有知與無知，非今之急，後自知之。 |
| 《·》: | 凡南面之大務，莫急於知賢。 |
| 《·》: | 一六為水，為北方，為冬，日壬癸，辰子亥，聲羽，色黑，味鹹，臭朽，形下，生木，勝火，時藏，藏腎，侟精，性智，情悲，事聽，用聰，撝謀，徵寒，帝顓頊，神玄冥，星從其位，類為介，為鬼，為祠，為廟，為井，為穴，為竇，為鏡，為玉，為履，為遠行，為勞，為血，為膏，為貪，為含，為蟄，為火獵，為閉，為盜，為司空，為法，為准，為水工，為盾，為黑怪，為聾，為急。 |
| 《·》: | 丞相、御史議可以佐百姓之急。 |
| 《·》: | 對曰：「當今所急，在脩仁尚義、崇德敦禮以接鄰國而已。」 |
| 《·》: | 小人之情，緩則驕，驕則恣，恣則急，急則怨，怨則畔，危則謀亂，安則思欲，非威強無以懲之。 |
| 《·》: | 愛人深者求賢急，樂得賢者養人厚。 |
| 《·》: | 故懷剛者久而缺，持柔者久而長，躁疾者為厥速，遲重者為常存，尚勇者為悔近，溫厚者行寬舒，懷促急者必有所虧，柔懦者制剛強，小慧者不可以禦大，小辯者不可以說眾，商賈巧為販賣之利，而屈為貞良，邪臣好為詐偽，自媚飾非，而不能為公方，藏其端巧，逃其事功。 |
| 《·》: | 弘寬裕于便辟兮，糾忠諫其侵急。 |
| 《·》: | 推於御也，齊輯乎轡銜之際，而急緩乎脣吻之和。 |
| 《·》: | 緩則怠，急則困，見閒則以奇相御，人之情也。 |
| 《·》: | 老子曰：夫人道者，全性保真，不虧其身，遭急迫難，精通乎天，若乃未始出其宗者，何為而不成，死生同域，不可脅凌，又況官天地，懷萬物，返造化，含至和，而已未嘗死者也。 |
| 《·》: | 勿以汗漫曰道之廣，當樂急要。 |
| 《·》: | 臨去，呼酒家老嫗曰：「急裝，當與嫗共應中陵王。」 |
| 《》: | 俗人察察， |
| 《·》: | 秦王飲食不甘，遊觀不樂，意專在圖趙，使臣斯來言，願得身見，因急與陛下有計也。 |
| 《·》: | 不逆天理，不傷情性，不吹毛而求小疵，不洗垢而察難知，不引繩之外，不推繩之內，不急法之外，不緩法之內。 |
| 《·》: | 今齊乃以金錢求狐白之皮，是代之福也，子急令民求狐白之皮，以致齊之幣，寡人將以來離枝之民。 |
| 《·》: | 凡若此者，選銳衝之，分兵繼之，急擊勿疑。 |
| 《·》: | 免人之死、解人之難、救人之患、濟人之急者，德也。 |
| 《·》: | 三者，先王之本務也，本務者兵最急。 |
| 《·》: | 軍讖曰：上行虐，則下急刻。 |
