| 《·》: | 舜染於許由1、伯陽，禹染於皋陶、伯益，湯染於伊尹、仲虺，武王染於太公、周公。 |
| Thus Shun came under the influences of Xu You and Bo Yang; Yu, under that of Gao Yao and Bo Yi; Tang, under that of Yi Yin and Zhong Hui; and King Wu, under that of the Grand Duke and Duke Zhou. |
| 《·》: | 武王曰：「予有亂臣十人。」 |
| King Wu said, "I have ten able ministers." |
| 《·》: | 一人衡行於天下，武王恥之。 |
| There was one man pursuing a violent and disorderly course in the kingdom, and king Wu was ashamed of it. |
| 《·》: | 門無鬼與赤張滿稽，觀於武王之師。 |
| Men Wu-gui and Chi-zhang Man-ji had been looking at the army of king Wu. |
| 《·》: | 於是湯曰：「吾甚武」，號曰武王。 |
| Tang then said, 'I am very warlike'; and he was styled the 'warlike king.' |
| 《·》: | 昔者文王舍伯邑考而立武王，微子舍其孫腯而立衍也。 |
| Anciently, king Wen passed over his eldest son Yi-kao, and appointed king Wu; and the count of Wei passed over his grandson Tu, and made Yan, his (own) younger brother, his successor. |
| 《·》: | 長子維行、篤生武王。 |
| Its eldest daughter, who came to marry him. She was blessed to give birth to king Wu. |
| 《·》: | 武王逆取而貴順，爭天下而上讓。 |
| For example, Wu as a rebel seized the empire, and yet he prized obedience to the law; he disputed the empire, and yet exalted compliancy. |
| 《·》: | 武王將素甲三千，戰一日，而破紂之國，禽其身，據其地而有其民，天下莫傷。 |
| 《·》: | 武王伐紂，渡于孟津，陽侯之波，逆流而擊，疾風晦冥，人馬不相見。 |
| 《·》: | 文王誅四，武王誅二，周公卒業，至於成王，則安以無誅矣。 |
| 《》: | 官之失德，寵賂章也，郜鼎在廟，章孰甚焉，武王克商，遷九鼎于雒邑，義士猶或非之，而況將昭違亂之賂器於大廟，其若之何，公不聽，周內史聞之曰，臧孫達其有後於魯乎，君違，不忘諫之以德。 |
| 《·》: | 惟十有一年，武王伐殷。 |
| 《·》: | 武王問太公曰：「舉賢而以危亡者，何也？」 |
| 《·》: | 故武王克殷，裨冕而笏。 |
| 《·》: | 舜染於許由、伯陽，禹染於皋陶、伯益，湯染於伊尹、仲虺，武王染於太公望、周公旦，此四王者所染當，故王天下，立為天子，功名蔽天地，舉天下之仁義顯人必稱此四王者。 |
