| 《·》: | 夫子之言性与天道，不可得而闻也。 |
| His discourses about man's nature, and the way of Heaven, cannot be heard. |
| 《·》: | 孟子曰：“形色，天性也。” |
| Mencius said, 'The bodily organs with their functions belong to our Heaven-conferred nature.' |
| 《·》: | 司徒修六礼以节民性，明七教以兴民德，齐八政以防淫，一道德以同俗，养耆老以致孝，恤孤独以逮不足，上贤以崇德，简不肖以绌恶。 |
| The minister of Instruction defined and set forth the six ceremonial observances: to direct and control the nature of the people; clearly illustrated the seven lessons (of morality) to stimulate their virtue; inculcated uniformity in the eight objects of government, to guard against all excess; taught the sameness of the course (of duty) and virtue, to assimilate manners; nourished the aged, to secure the completion of filial piety; showed pity to orphans and solitaries, to reach those who had been bereaved; exalted men of talents and worth, to give honour to virtue; and dealt summarily with the unworthy, to discountenance wickedness. |
| 《·》: | 毁不灭性，此圣人之政也。 |
| And that emaciation must not be carried to the extinction of life. Such is the rule of the sages. |
| 《·》: | 天降生民，倥侗颛蒙，恣乎情性，聪明不开，训诸理，撰《学行》。 |
| When Tian gives birth to the masses, they are naive and ignorant. They give free reign to their desires and original natures, and their intelligence is undeveloped. To teach them the proper principles, I have written "Learning and Practice." |
| 《·》: | 骈拇枝指，出乎性哉！ |
| A ligament uniting the big toe with the other toes and an extra finger may be natural growths. |
| 《·》: | 求名，失性之常。 |
| If they strive for fame, they lose the eternal principles of human nature. |
| 《·》: | 任势者，其战人也，如转木石，木石之性，安则静，危则动，方则止，圆则行。 |
| When he utilizes combined energy, his fighting men become as it were like unto rolling logs or stones. For it is the nature of a log or stone to remain motionless on level ground, and to move when on a slope; if four-cornered, to come to a standstill, but if round-shaped, to go rolling down. |
| 《·》: | 及西伯伐饥国，灭之，纣之臣祖伊闻之而咎周，恐，奔告纣曰：“天既讫我殷命，假人元龟，无敢知吉，非先王不相我后人，维王淫虐用自绝，故天弃我，不有安食，不虞知天性，不迪率典。” |
| Chief of the West marched against and conquered the Ji State, and the tyrant's minister Zu-yi heard of it, and blaming [the house of] Zhou hurried off in alarm to report it to the tyrant. He said: 'Heaven is bringing to an end the destiny of our dynasty of Yin; great men and the ancient tortoise do not venture to foretell good fortune. It is not that the former kings do not aid us men of this later time; but you, O king, by your dissoluteness and oppression are cutting yourself off. Heaven has therefore rejected us; we do not eat our meals in peace, we do not consider our heavenly nature, we do not follow and observe the statutes.' |
| 《·》: | 不富无以养民情，不教无以理民性。 |
| 《·》: | 今宫室崇侈，民力屈尽，百姓疾怨，莫安其性，石言不亦可乎？ |
| 《·》: | 人受命于天，有善善恶恶之性，可养而不可改，可豫而不可去，若形体之可肥，而不可得革也。 |
| 《·》: | 君子有辩善之度，以治气养性，则身后彭祖。 |
| 《》: | 知既知之，行既由之，言既顺之，若夫性命肌肤之不可易也，富贵不足以益，贫贱不足以损。 |
| 《·》: | 钻木燧取火，教民熟食，养人利性，避臭去毒，谓之燧人也。 |
| 《·》: | 仁义者，明君之性也。 |
| 《·》: | 留侯张子房，于汉已定，性多疾，即导引不食谷，杜门不出。 |
| 《·》: | 学也者、所以疏神达思、怡情理性，圣人之上务也。 |
| 《·》: | 乃别五土之性，而物各得其所生之宜，咸得厥所。 |
| 《·》: | 是故君子者，性非绝世，善自托于物也。 |
| 《·》: | 亦有三性：有正，有随，有遭。 |
| 《·》: | 次四，庳虚无因，大受性命，否。 |
| 《》: | 后太守宋均到，乃移记属县曰：“夫虎豹在山，鼋鼍在渊，物性之所托。” |
| 《·》: | 是故虽有本性，而加之以学，则无惑矣。 |
| 《·》: | 俗乱则道荒，虽天地不得保其性矣。 |
| 《·》: | 故曰：张日月，列星辰，序四时，调阴阳，布气治性，次置五行，春生夏长，秋收冬藏，阳生雷电，阴成雪霜，养育群生，一茂一亡，润之以风雨，曝之以日光，温之以节气，降之以殒霜，位之以众星，制之以斗衡，苞之以六合，罗之以纪纲，改之以灾变，告之以祯祥，动之以生杀，悟之以文章。 |
| 《·》: | 通理治性，恬淡清溢。 |
| 《·》: | 为暴人语天之为是也而性，为暴人歌天之为非也。 |
| 《·》: | 性命非汝有，是天地之委顺也。 |
| 《·》: | 立而倚之，则妇人揭之，仆而措之，则不择性而能举其中。 |
| 《·》: | 故真人用心，杖性依神，相扶而得终始，是以其寝不梦，觉而无忧。 |
| 《·》: | 是以万物之来，我皆对之以性，而不对之以心。 |
| 《·》: | 云中可游，性命可度。 |
| 《》: | 五气轻微，为精、神、聪、明、音声五性。 |
| 《·》: | 乱弱者亡，人之性也。 |
| 《·》: | 不逆天理，不伤情性，不吹毛而求小疵，不洗垢而察难知，不引绳之外，不推绳之内，不急法之外，不缓法之内。 |
| 《·》: | 故莫不生殖，圣人法之，以覆载万民，故莫不得其职性，得其职性。 |
| 《·》: | 夫齐性刚，其国富，君臣骄奢而简于细民，其政宽而禄不均，一陈两心，前重后轻，故重而不坚。 |
| 《·》: | 人方有性，性州异，教成俗，俗州异，道化俗。 |
| 《·》: | 胜兵似水，夫水至柔弱者也，然所以触，丘陵必为之崩，无异也，性专而触诚也。 |
| 《·》: | 穷道德之理，究性命之情。 |
