| 《·》: | 齊桓染於管仲、鮑叔，晉文染於舅犯、高偃，楚莊染於孫叔、沈尹，吳闔閭染於伍員、文義，越句踐染於范蠡大夫種。 |
| Lord Huan of Qi came under the influence of Guan Zhong and Bao Shu; Lord Wen of Jin, under that of Uncle Fan and Gao Yan; Lord Zhuang of Chu, under that of Sun Shu and the Minister of Shen; He Lu of Wu, under that of Wu Yuan and Wen Yi; and Gou Jian of Yue, under that of Fan Li and Minister Zhong. |
| 《·》: | 子曰：「管仲之器小哉！」 |
| The Master said, "Small indeed was the capacity of Guan Zhong!" |
| 《·》: | 曰：「管仲以其君霸，晏子以其君顯。」 |
| Gong Sun Chou said, 'Guan Zhong raised his prince to be the leader of all the other princes, and Yan made his prince illustrious.' |
| 《·》: | 桓公田於澤，管仲御，見鬼焉。 |
| (Once), when duke Huan was hunting by a marsh, with Guan Zhong driving the carriage, he saw a ghost. |
| 《·》: | 管仲鏤簋朱紘，山節藻梲，君子以為濫矣。 |
| Guan Zhong had his sacrificial dishes of grain carved, and red bands to his cap; fashioned hills on the capitals of his pillars, and pondweed on the small pillars above the beams - the superior man considered it wild extravagance. |
| 《·》: | 昔者齊桓公九合諸侯，一匡天下，為五伯長，管仲佐之。 |
| 《·》: | 雖十管仲，弗能治也。 |
| 《·》: | 齊桓公使管仲平戎于周，使隰朋平戎于晉。 |
| 《·》: | 倓然見管仲之能足以託國也，是天下之大知也。 |
| 《》: | 秦子，梁子，以公旗辟于下道，是以皆止，鮑叔帥師來言曰，子糾，親也，請君討之，管召，讎也，請受而甘心焉，乃殺子糾于生竇，召忽死之，管仲請囚，鮑叔受之，及堂阜而稅之，歸而以告曰，管夷吾治於高傒，使相可也，公從之。 |
| 《·》: | 齊桓公問管仲曰：「王者何貴？」 |
| 《·》: | 故曰：「管仲之器小哉！」 |
| 《·》: | 管仲有病，桓公往問之，曰：「仲父之病矣，漬甚，國人弗諱，寡人將誰屬國？」 |
| 《·》: | 莊公將殺管仲，齊使者請曰：「寡君欲親以為戮，若不生得以戮于群臣，猶未得請也。」 |
| 《·》: | 管仲勉齊桓公，因遊遼口，俱之其國。 |
| 《·》: | 管仲為政也，未及脩禮。 |
