| 《·》: | 子贡曰：“《》云：‘’” |
| Zi Gong replied, "It is said in the Book of Poetry, 'As you cut and then file, as you carve and then polish.'" |
| 《》: | 学以治之，思以精之，朋友以磨之，名誉以崇之，不倦以终之，可谓好学也已矣。 |
| Studying in order to cultivate it, thinking in order to refine it, making friends in order to polish it, achieving fame in order to venerate it, being untiring in order to finish it: this can be referred to as loving to learn. |
| 《·》: | 孔子引而教之，渐渍磨砺，阖导牖进，猛气消损，骄节屈折，卒能政事，序在四科。 |
| Confucius took him under his guidance. By degrees he polished and instructed him. The more he advanced in knowledge, the more he lost his fierceness, and his arrogance was broken. At last he was able to govern a state, and ranked in the four classes. |
| 《·》: | 禹既已克有三苗，焉磨为山川，别物上下，卿制大极，而神民不违，天下乃静。 |
| Having conquered Miao, Yu set apart the hills and rivers (by names), and ordered things into high and low. With sacrifices he set up the four bordering countries, and neither spirits nor men revolted (any more). So there was peace in the world. |
| 《·》: | 推而后行，曳而后往，若飘风之还，若羽之旋，若磨石之隧，全而无非，动静无过，未尝有罪。 |
| He went where he was pushed, and followed where he was led, like a whirling wind, like a feather tossed about, like the revolutions of a grindstone. What was the reason that he appeared thus complete, doing nothing wrong? that, whether in motion or at rest, he committed no error, and could be charged with no transgression? |
| 《·》: | 有匪君子、如切如磋、如琢如磨。 |
| There is our elegant and accomplished prince, - As from the knife and the file, As from the chisel and the polisher! |
| 《·》: | 《》云：‘自圭之玷，尚可磨也。’ |
| 《·》: | 人之于文学也，犹玉之于琢磨也。 |
| 《·》: | 《》曰：“白圭之玷，尚可磨也，斯言之玷，不可为也。” |
| 《·》: | 《》曰：“如切如瑳，如琢如磨。” |
| 《》: | 《诗》云：“如切如嗟，如琢如磨。” |
| 《·》: | 秦之灭学也，书藏于屋壁，义绝于朝野，逮至汉兴，收摭散滞，固已无全学矣，文有磨灭，言有楚夏，出有先后，或学者先意有所借定，后进相放弥以滋蔓。 |
| 《·》: | 夫驴骡骆駞，犀象瑇瑁，琥珀珊瑚，翠羽珠玉，山生水藏，择地而居，洁清明朗，润泽而濡，磨而不磷，涅而不淄，天气所生，神灵所治，幽闲清净，与神浮沉，莫之效力为用，尽情为器。 |
| 《·》: | 若砻磨不用，赐物虽诎，有不效者矣。 |
| 《·》: | 善用人者，若●之足，众而不相害，若舌之与齿，坚柔相磨而不相败。 |
| 《·》: | 常负磨镜局徇吴市中，磨镜一钱。 |
| 《》: | 而攻坚强者莫之能胜， |
| 《·》: | 甲南出，出门不知步数，邪向东北磨邑，适与乙会。 |
| 《·》: | 因以代君之车迎其妻，其妻遥闻之状，磨笄以自刺，故赵氏至今有刺笄之证与“反斗”之号。 |
| 《·》: | 情好珍善，为之琢磨圭璧以通其意。 |
| 《》: | 冬，十月，里克杀奚齐于次，书曰，杀其君之子，未葬也，荀息将死之，人曰，不如立卓子而辅之，荀息立公子卓以葬，十一月，里克杀公子卓于朝，荀息死之，君子曰，诗所谓白圭之玷，尚可磨也，斯言之玷，不可为也，荀息有焉。 |
| 《·》: | 庚子，陈本命伐磨，百韦命伐宣方，新荒命伐蜀。 |
| 《·》: | 如是，而铸之金，磨之石，系之丝木，越之匏竹，节之鼓而行之，以遂八风。 |
| 《》: | 阳为文梓，阴为楩楠，巧工施校，制以规绳，雕治圆转，刻削磨砻，分以丹青，错画文章，婴以白璧，镂以黄金，状类龙蛇，文彩生光。 |
| 《》: | 王又割濮、磨之北属之燕，断齐、秦之要，绝楚、魏之脊。 |
| 《·》: | 及其后世，采椽不斫，茅茨不翦，无斫削之事，磨砻之功。 |
| 《·》: | 如琢如磨，瑟兮僩兮，赫兮咺兮，有斐君子，终不可谖兮。 |
| 《·》: | 磨砻底厉，不见其损，有时而尽。 |
| 《》: | 木磨而不刻。 |
| 《·》: | 苏竟与刘歆子恭书曰：“前世以磨研编简之才，与国师公从事出入者砚耳。” |
| 《》: | 千里之差，兴自毫端，失得之源，百世不磨矣。 |
| 《·》: | 京兆有古生者，学纵横揣磨、弄矢摇丸樗蒲之术，为都掾史四十馀季，善訑谩。 |
| 《·》: | 及窆，抱磨，共丘笼及蜃车之役。 |
| 《·》: | 复：雷霆所击，诛者五逆，磨灭无迹，有惧方息。 |
| 《·》: | 如琢如磨，自修也。 |
| 《·》: | 厉，疾气也，中人如磨厉伤物也。 |
| 《·》: | 匠人磨斧斤，砺刀削断材木。 |
| 《》: | 趺阳脉浮而涩，浮则为虚，虚则伤脾，脾伤则不磨，朝食暮吐，暮食朝吐，宿谷不化，名曰胃反。 |
| 《·》: | 有志尚者，遂能磨砺，以就素业。 |
| 《·》: | 子夏监绚素之章，子贡悟琢磨之句，故商赐二子，可与言诗。 |
| 《·》: | 复问俗人曰：“夫乘云茧产之国，肝心不朽之民，巢居穴处，独目三首，马闲狗蹄，修臂交股，黄池无男，穿胸旁口，廪君起石而泛土船，沙壹触木而生群龙，女娲地出，杜宇天堕，甓飞犬言，山徙社移，三军之衆，一朝尽化，君子为鹤，小人成沙，女丑倚枯，贰负抱桎，寄居之虫，委甲步肉，二首之蛇，弦之为弓，不灰之木，不热之火，昌蜀之禽，无目之兽，无身之头，无首之体，精卫填海，交让递生，火浣之布，切玉之刀，炎昧吐烈，磨泥漉水，枯灌化形，山夔前跟，石修九首，毕方人面，少千之劾伯率，圣卿之役肃霜，西羌以虎景兴，鲜卑以乘鳖强，林邑以神录王，庸蜀以流尸帝，盐神婴来而虫飞，纵目世变于荆岫，五丁引蛇以倾峻，肉甚振翅于三海。” |
