| 《·》: | 子曰：「管仲之器小哉！」 |
| The Master said, "Small indeed was the capacity of Guan Zhong!" |
| 《·》: | 孟子曰：「舜發於畎畝之中，傅說舉於版築之閒，膠鬲舉於魚鹽之中，管夷吾舉於士，孫叔敖舉於海，百里奚舉於市。」 |
| Mencius said, 'Shun rose from among the channelled fields. Fu Yue was called to office from the midst of his building frames; Jiao Ge from his fish and salt; Guan Yi Wu from the hands of his gaoler; Sun Shu Ao from his hiding by the sea-shore; and Bai Li Xi from the market-place.' |
| 《·》: | 所舉於晉國管庫之士七十有餘家，生不交利，死不屬其子焉。 |
| The officers whom he advanced to responsible charges in the depositories of Jin were more than seventy. During his life, he had no contentions with any of them about gain, and when dying he required nothing from them for his sons. |
| 《·》: | 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. |
| 《·》: | 支離疏者，頤隱於臍，肩高於頂，會撮指天，五管在上，兩髀為脅。 |
| There was the deformed object Shu. His chin seemed to hide his navel; his shoulders were higher than the crown of his head; the knot of his hair pointed to the sky; his five viscera were all compressed into the upper part of his body, and his two thigh bones were like ribs. |
| 《·》: | 四寸之管無當，必不滿也。 |
| If a tube of no more than four inches has no bottom, it can certainly not be filled. |
| 《·》: | 周武王崩，武庚與管叔、蔡叔作亂，成王命周公誅之，而立微子於宋，以續殷後焉。 |
| After the death of King Wu of Zhou, Wugeng, Guanshu, and Caishu rebelled. King Cheng ordered the duke of Zhou to execute them, and the viscount of Wei was established in the Song State to continue (the ancestral worship as) a descendant of the Yins. |
| 《·》: | 子產惠人也，不如管仲。 |
| 《·》: | 竹聲濫濫以立會，會以聚眾，君子聽竽笙簫管之聲，則思畜聚之臣。 |
| 《·》: | 故曰：「管仲之器小哉！」 |
| 《·》: | 管仲為政也，未及脩禮。 |
| 《·》: | 齊桓公得管仲，九合諸侯，一匡天下，再為義王。 |
| 《·》: | 《》曰：「」 |
| 《·》: | 桓公問於管仲曰：「禮，諸侯相送固出境乎？」 |
| 《·》: | 管仲曰：「江、黃遠齊而近楚，楚為利之國也，若伐而不能救，無以宗諸侯，不可受也。」 |
| 《·》: | 且管仲背君事讎，奢而失禮，使桓公有九合諸侯、一匡天下之功，仲尼稱之曰：『微管仲，吾其被髮左衽矣。』 |
| 《·》: | 夫殷湯誅尹諧，文王誅潘正，周公誅管蔡，太公誅華士，管仲誅付乙，子產誅史何，凡此七子皆異世而同誅者，以七子異世而同惡，故不可赦也。 |
| 《·》: | 昔祁奚有言：「鯀殛而禹興，管、蔡為戮，周公祐王。」 |
| 《·》: | 桓公之知，不若管仲，然成、桓受尊命，而周、管稟卑秩也。 |
| 《·》: | 次三，關無鍵，舍金管。 |
| 《·》: | 桓公問管仲：「吾何君也？」 |
| 《·》: | 管子任法以治齊，而天下稱仁焉。 |
| 《·》: | 內史執其彤管，記善書過，考行黜陟，以章好惡。 |
| 《·》: | 於是後聖乃定《五經》，明《六藝》，承天統地，窮事微，原情立本，以緒人倫，宗諸天地，脩篇章，垂諸來世，被諸鳥獸，以匡衰亂，天人合策，原道悉備，智者達其心，百工窮其巧，乃調之以管絃絲竹之音，設鍾鼓歌舞之樂，以節奢侈，正風俗，通文雅。 |
| 《·》: | 四夷樂之別名：王者必作四夷之樂以定天下之歡心，祭神明和而歌之，以管樂為之聲。 |
| 《·》: | 四夷樂之別名：王者必作四夷之樂以定天下之歡心，祭神明和而歌之，以管樂為之聲。 |
| 《·》: | 管仲勉齊桓公，因遊遼口，俱之其國。 |
| 《·》: | 君子不惰，真人不怠，無見久貧賤，則據簡之，伊尹酒保，太公屠牛，管子作革，百里奚官奴。 |
| 《·》: | 三寸之管無當，天下不能滿，十石而有塞，百竹而足。 |
| 《·》: | 故子胥善謀而吳戮之，仲尼善說而匡圍之，管夷吾實賢而魯囚之。 |
| 《·》: | 桓公問於管子曰：「吾欲制衡山之術，為之奈何？」 |
| 《·》: | 車堅管轄，舟利櫓楫，士習戰陳，馬閑馳逐，是謂力機。 |
| 《·》: | 吾觀其野，草管勝穀。 |
| 《·》: | 鐘鼓管簫、絲竹金石以淫其耳。 |
| 《·》: | 齊桓公、管仲、鮑叔、甯戚相與飲酒酣，桓公謂鮑叔曰：「何不起為壽？」 |
| 《·》: | 以變求內者，若管取揵。 |
| 《·》: | 是以，湯誅尹諧，文王誅潘正，太公誅華士，管仲誅付里乙，子產誅鄧析、史付，此六子者，異世而同心，不可不誅也。 |
| 《·》: | 周公誅管蔡，此於弟無厚也。 |
| 《》: | 楚子北師次於郔，沈尹將中軍，子重將左，子反將右，將飲馬於河而歸，聞晉師既濟，王欲還，嬖人伍參欲戰，令尹孫叔敖弗欲，曰，昔歲入陳，今茲入鄭，不無事矣，戰而不捷，參之肉，其足食乎，參曰，若事之捷，孫叔為無謀矣，不捷，參之肉，將在晉軍，可得食乎，令尹南轅反旆，伍參言於王曰，晉之從政者新，未能行令，其佐先縠，剛愎不仁，未肯用命，其三帥者，專行不獲，聽而無上，眾誰適從，此行也，晉師必敗，且君而逃臣，若社稷何，王病之，告令尹，改乘轅而北之，次于管以待之。 |
| 《·》: | 武王克殷，乃立王子祿父，俾守商祀，建管叔于東，建蔡叔、霍叔于殷，俾監殷臣，王既歸，乃歲十二月崩鎬，肂于岐周，周公立，相天子，三叔及殷東，徐奄及熊盈以略，周公、召公，內弭父兄，外撫諸侯。 |
| 《·》: | 大夫種來而復往，曰：「請委管鑰屬國家，以身隨之，君王制之。」 |
