| 《·》: | 子貢曰：「夫子溫、良、恭、儉、讓以得之。」 |
| Zi Gong said, "Our master is benign, upright, courteous, temperate, and complaisant and thus he gets his information." |
| 《·》: | 入其疆，土地荒蕪，遺老失賢，掊克在位，則有讓。 |
| On the other hand, if, on entering a State, the ground was found left wild or overrun with weeds; if the old were neglected and the worthy unhonoured; and if the offices were filled with hard taxgatherers: then the prince was reprimanded. |
| 《·》: | 是以君子恭敬撙節退讓以明禮。 |
| Therefore the superior man is respectful and reverent, assiduous in his duties and not going beyond them, retiring and yielding - thus illustrating (the principle of) propriety. |
| 《·》: | 先之以敬讓，而民不爭。 |
| They went before them with reverence and yielding courtesy, and the people had no contentions. |
| 《》: | 或問：「堯將讓天下於許由，由恥。」 |
| Someone asked: Yao was about to cede all under Heaven to Xu You, but Xu You was ashamed. |
| 《·》: | 堯以天下讓舜，鯀為諸侯，欲得三公而堯不聽，怒其猛獸，欲以為亂，比獸之角可以為城，舉尾以為旌，奮心盛氣，阻戰為彊。 |
| Yao yielded the empire to Shun. Gun, one of his vassals, desired to become one of the three chief ministers, but Yao did not listen to this request. Thereupon Gun became more infuriated than even ferocious animals are, and wished to rebel. The horns of animals, all in a line, served him as a rampart, and their lifted tails were his banners. They opposed and tackled their foe with the utmost determination and energy. |
| 《·》: | 堯讓天下於許由，曰：「日月出矣，而爝火不息，其於光也，不亦難乎！」 |
| Yao, proposing to resign the throne to Xu You, said, 'When the sun and moon have come forth, if the torches have not been put out, would it not be difficult for them to give light?' |
| 《·》: | 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. |
| 《·》: | 舜讓於德不懌 |
| Shun yielded in favour of some one more virtuous than himself, and was unhappy. |
| 《·》: | 請成相，道聖王，堯舜尚賢身辭讓，許由善卷，重義輕利行顯明。 |
| 《·》: | 虞人與芮人質其成於文王，入文王之境，則見其人民之讓為士大夫。 |
| 《·》: | 今讓者《春秋》之所貴。 |
| 《·》: | 李離對曰：「臣居官為長，不與下吏讓位。」 |
| 《·》: | 孔子曰：「至禮不讓而天下治，至賞不費而天下之士說，至樂無聲而天下之民和。」 |
| 《·》: | 禮所揖讓何？ |
| 《·》: | 厚人自薄謂之讓，反讓為冒。 |
| 《·》: | 緩辭讓曰：「此非臣之所能知也。」 |
| 《·》: | 唐堯之帝允恭克讓而光被四表，成湯不敢怠遑而奄有九域，文王祗畏而造彼區夏。 |
| 《·》: | 至會所，為壇，土階三等，以遇禮相見，揖讓而豋。 |
| 《·》: | 世人之論也，靡不貴廉讓而賤財利焉，及其行也，多釋廉甘利之於人。 |
| 《·》: | 測曰，「爭射誾誾」、君子讓鄰也。 |
| 《·》: | 推輦而去，還歸禁中，召責讓，唐頓首陳言：『聞之於祖父，道廉頗、李牧為邊將，市租諸入，皆輸莫府，而趙王不問多少。』 |
| 《·》: | 詰責以辭，謂之讓。 |
| 《·》: | 君臣親而有禮，百僚和而不同，讓而不爭，勤而不怨，無事惟職是司，此治國之風也。 |
| 《·》: | 崇讓則人不爭。 |
| 《·》: | 抑非損惡，所以讓過。 |
| 《·》: | 然處高之安，乘克讓之敬，德配天地，光被四表，功垂於無窮，名傳於不朽，蓋自處得其巢，任杖得其材也。 |
| 《·》: | 般倕揖讓而辭巧，籀誦拱手而韜翰。 |
| 《·》: | 無：讓者酒，未讓始也。 |
| 《·》: | 為名者必讓，讓斯賤。 |
| 《·》: | 富者觀其所予，足以知仁，貴者觀其所舉，足以知忠，觀其大𥘽，長不讓少，貴不讓賤，足以知禮達，觀其所不行，足以知義，受官任治，觀其去就，足以知智，迫之不懼，足以知勇，口利辭巧，足以知辯，使之不隱，足以知信，貧者觀其所不取，足以知廉，賤者觀其所不為，足以知賢，測深觀天，足以知聖。 |
| 《·》: | 老子曰：昔黃帝之治天下，理日月之行，治陰陽之氣，節四時之度，正律曆之數，別男女，明上下，使強不掩弱，眾不暴寡，民保命而不夭，歲時熟而不凶，百官正而無私，上下調而無尤，法令明而不闇，輔佐公而不阿，田者讓畔，道不拾遺，市不預賈，故於此時，日月星辰不失其行，風雨時節，五穀豐昌，鳳皇翔於庭，麒麟游於郊。 |
| 《·》: | 湯既克桀，以天下讓於光，曰：「智者謀之，武者遂之，仁者居之，古之道也。」 |
| 《》: | 弱其志， |
| 《·》: | 激急親近，探知人情，則見以為譖而不讓。 |
| 《·》: | 堯讓許由，舜讓善卷，皆辭為天子而退為匹夫。 |
| 《》: | 是以太山不讓土壤，故能成其大。 |
| 《·》: | 國有患憂，輕重五穀以調用，積餘臧羨以備賞，天下賓服，有海內，以富誠信仁義之士，故民高辭讓，無為奇恠者。 |
| 《·》: | 秦性強，其地險，其政嚴，其賞罰信，其人不讓，皆有鬭心，故散而自戰。 |
| 《·》: | 極反其常，莫進而爭，莫退而讓。 |
| 《·》: | 上下不伐善若此，讓之至也。 |
