| 《·》: | 卑宮室，而盡力乎溝洫。 |
| He lived in a low, mean house, but expended all his strength on the ditches and water channels. |
| 《·》: | 志士不忘在溝壑，勇士不忘喪其元。 |
| "The determined officer never forgets that his end may be in a ditch or a stream; the brave officer never forgets that he may lose his head." |
| 《·》: | 門閭溝渠，必步。 |
| In passing through the gates (of a city) or village, and crossing the water-channels, the pace must be reduced to a walk. |
| 《》: | 曰：「東溝大河，南阻高山，西采雍、梁，北鹵涇垠，便則申，否則蟠，保也。」 |
| Yangzi said: To the east, the Yellow River served as a moat; to the south, it was obstructed by high mountains; to the west they took Yong and Liang, and to the north, it was bordered by the Jing River. When it was advantageous, Qin expanded its territory. When it was not, it just coiled up. This was the natural defensibility of the land. |
| 《·》: | 城郭溝池不可守而治宮室，一患也。 |
| When the outer and the inner city walls are not defensible, this is the first worry. |
| 《·》: | 百年之木，破為犧尊，青黃而文之，其斷在溝中。 |
| From a tree a hundred years old a portion shall be cut and fashioned into a sacrificial vase, with the bull figured on it, which is ornamented further with green and yellow, while the rest (of that portion) is cut away and thrown into a ditch. |
| 《·》: | 卑宮室，致費於溝淢。 |
| Until his wretched hovel fell in ruins in the ditch. |
| 《·》: | 坎為水，為溝瀆，為隱伏，為矯輮，為弓輪。 |
| Kan suggests the idea of water; of channels and ditches (for draining and irrigation); of being hidden and lying concealed; of being now straight, and now crooked; of a bow, and of a wheel. |
| 《·》: | 醉者越百步之溝，以為蹞步之澮也。 |
| 《·》: | 何溝之不浚也？ |
| 《·》: | 鑿社通之於閭外之溝，取五暇蟆，錯置社之中。 |
| 《·》: | 巫馬期喟然仰天而嘆，闟然投鎌於地，曰：「吾嘗聞之夫子，勇士不忘喪其元，志士仁人不忘在溝壑。」 |
| 《》: | 昔者，伯夷、叔齊，仁者也，死於溝澮之間，其仁成名於天下。 |
| 《·》: | 乃下車，而令燕君還車，乃割燕君所至而與之，遂溝以為境而後去 |
| 《·》: | 孔子溝而合諸墓焉，謂季桓子曰：「貶君以彰己罪，非禮也。」 |
| 《·》: | 夫制法之意，若為藩籬溝壍以有防矣，擇禽獸之尤可數犯者，而加深厚焉。 |
| 《·》: | 使富貴若鑿溝伐薪，加勉力之趨，致彊健之勢，鑿不休則溝深，斧不止則薪多，無命之人，皆得所願，安得貧賤凶危之患哉？ |
| 《·》: | 次八，羡其足，濟于溝瀆，面貞。 |
| 《·》: | 謹按：《周禮》：「溝者、溝也，廣四尺，深四尺。」 |
| 《·》: | 停停溝側，噭噭青衣。 |
| 《·》: | 焚之亦可，沈之亦可，瘞之亦可，露之亦可，衣薪而棄諸溝壑亦可，袞文繡裳而納諸石椁亦可，唯所遇焉。 |
| 《·》: | 溝也澇即溢，旱即枯，河海之源淵深而不竭。 |
| 《·》: | 將軍怒，將深溝高壘。 |
| 《·》: | 管子對曰：「孟春且至，溝瀆阮而不遂，谿谷報上之水不安於藏，內毀室屋，壞牆垣，外傷田野，殘禾稼。」 |
| 《·》: | 故我欲戰，敵雖高壘深溝，不得不與我戰者，攻其所必救也。 |
| 《·》: | 諸侯大會，君臣未和，溝壘未成，禁令未施，三軍匈匈，欲前不能，欲去不敢，以半擊倍，百戰不殆。 |
| 《·》: | 故無甲兵而勝，無衝機而攻，無溝塹而守。 |
| 《·》: | 四曰深溝高壘之論。 |
| 《·》: | 以溝積尺為實。 |
| 《·》: | 今有溝廣十丈，深五丈，長二十丈。 |
| 《·》: | 尋常之溝，無吞舟之魚。 |
| 《·》: | 禹通三江、五湖，決伊闕，溝迴陸，注之東海，因水之力也。 |
| 《》: | 梁亡，不書其主，自取之也，初，梁伯好土功，亟城而弗處，民罷而弗堪，則曰，某寇將至，乃溝公宮，曰，秦將襲我，民懼而潰，秦遂取梁。 |
| 《·》: | 四守：一政盡人材，材盡致死，二士守其城溝，三障水以禦寇，四大有沙炭之政。 |
| 《·》: | 王親命之曰：「我有大事，子有父母耆老，而子為我死，子之父母將轉于溝壑，子為我禮已重矣。」 |
| 《·》: | 時歸吳不熟於歲，遂緣江泝淮開溝深水出於商魯之間，而歸告於天子執事。 |
| 《》: | 趙得是藉也，亦襲魏之河北燒棘溝，墜黃城。 |
| 《·》: | 文學曰：「禹、稷自布衣，思天下有不得其所者，若己推而納之溝中，故起而佐堯，平治水土，教民稼穡。」 |
| 《·》: | 高行曰：「妾夫不幸早死，先狗馬填溝壑，妾宜以身薦其棺槨。」 |
| 《·》: | 爰及溝渠，利我國家。 |
| 《》: | 割洪溝以西為漢。 |
