| 《·》: | 子路拱而立。 |
| Zi Lu joined his hands across his breast, and stood before him. |
| 《·》: | 孟子曰：「拱把之桐梓，人苟欲生之，皆知所以養之者。」 |
| Mencius said, 'Anybody who wishes to cultivate the tong or the zi, which may be grasped with both hands, perhaps with one, knows by what means to nourish them.' |
| 《·》: | 遭先生於道，趨而進，正立拱手。 |
| When he meets his teacher on the road, he should hasten forward to him, and stand with his hands joined across his breast. |
| 《》: | 在昔虞、夏，襲堯之爵，行堯之道，法度彰，禮樂著，垂拱而視天下民之阜也，無為矣。 |
| In antiquity Shun and Yu inherited Yao's imperial title and practiced Yao's dao. Laws and standards of measurement were clear, li and music were established. They let their hands drop to their sides and watched all people under Heaven prosper —this was wuwei. |
| 《·》: | 夫執後不言之朝物，見利使己雖恐後言，君若言而未有利焉，則高拱下視，會噎為深，曰：『唯其未之學也。』 |
| When benefit is in sight, the only fear should be that counsel may be late. When the ruler starts something not beneficial, one should fold his hands high on the breast and look down and utter with difficulty: "This I have not learned." |
| 《·》: | 其拱把而上者，求狙猴之杙者斬之。 |
| Those of them which are a span or two or rather more in circumference are cut down by persons who want to make posts to which to tie their monkeys. |
| 《》: | 故立天子，置三公，雖有拱璧以先駟馬，不如坐進此道。 |
| Therefore when the sovereign occupies his place as the Son of Heaven, and he has appointed his three ducal ministers, though (a prince) were to send in a round symbol-of-rank large enough to fill both the hands, and that as the precursor of the team of horses (in the court-yard), such an offering would not be equal to (a lesson of) this Dao, which one might present on his knees. |
| 《·》: | 亳有祥桑谷共生於朝，一暮大拱。 |
| When there were omens in Bo, for a mulberry tree and a stalk of grain grew up together in the court. They attained full size in one evening. |
| 《·》: | 垂拱而天下治。 |
| Then he had only to let his robes fall down, and fold his hands, and the kingdom was orderly ruled. |
| 《·》: | 湯武之誅桀紂也，拱挹指麾，而強暴之國莫不趨使，誅桀紂若誅獨夫。 |
| 《·》: | 行步中矩，折旋中規，立則磬折，拱則抱鼓，其以入君朝，尊以嚴，其以入宗廟，敬以忠，其以入鄉曲，和以順，其以入州里族黨之中，和以親。 |
| 《》: | 以晉靈之行，使一大夫立於斐林，拱揖指揮，諸侯莫敢不出，此猶隰之有泮也。 |
| 《·》: | 古者、天子左五鐘，將出，則撞黃鐘，而右五鐘皆應之，馬鳴中律，駕者有文，御者有數，立則磬折，拱則抱鼓，行步中規，折旋中矩，然後太師奏升車之樂，告出也。 |
| 《·》: | 是故仁者莫大於愛人，知者莫大於知賢，政者莫大於官賢，有土之君脩此三者，則四海之內拱而俟，然後可以征。 |
| 《·》: | 力當能為而不為，畜亂宿禍，高拱而不憂，其紛也宜也，甚可謂不知且不仁。 |
| 《·》: | 臣為主慮，莫若善楚，秦、楚合為一而以臨韓，韓必拱手，王施之以東山之險，帶以曲河之利，韓必為關內之侯，若是而王以十萬伐鄭，梁氏寒心，許鄢陵、嬰城，而上蔡、召陵不往來也，如此而魏亦關內侯矣。 |
| 《·》: | 今夫無德而居富之民，宜治於人且食人者也，役使奴婢，不勞筋力，目喻頤指，從容垂拱，雖懷忠信之士，讀聖哲之書，端委執笏，列在朝位者，何以加之 |
| 《·》: | 又其先世殷王太戊之時，道缺法圮，以致妖蘖，桑穀于朝，七日大拱。 |
| 《·》: | 殷高宗之時，桑穀俱生於朝，七日而大拱。 |
| 《·》: | 三皇垂拱無為，設言而民不違，道德玄泊，有似皇天，故稱曰皇。 |
| 《·》: | 四患既蠲，五政既立，行之以誠，守之以固，簡而不怠，䟽而不失，無為為之，使自施之，無事事之，使自交之，不肅而治，垂拱揖遜而海內平矣，是謂為政之方也。 |
| 《·》: | |
| 《·》: | 群僚恭己于職司，聖主垂拱乎兩楹。 |
| 《·》: | 師拱鼠，制禮。 |
| 《》: | 雖有拱璧以先駟馬，不如坐進此道。 |
| 《·》: | 大王垂拱以須之，天下編隨而服矣，霸王之名可成。 |
| 《·》: | 聖君則不然，守道要，處佚樂，馳騁弋獵，鐘鼓竽瑟，宮中之樂，無禁圉也，不思不慮，不憂不圖，利身體，便形軀，養壽命，垂拱而天下治。 |
| 《·》: | 然而垂拱受成功者，善乘人之資耳。 |
| 《·》: | 故成湯之時，有穀生於庭，昏而生，比旦而大拱，其吏請卜其故。 |
| 《》: | 師勞力竭，遠主備之，無乃不可乎，師之所為，鄭必知之，勤而無所，必有悖心，且行千里，其誰不知，公辭焉，召孟明，西乞，白乙，使出師於東門之外，蹇叔哭之曰，孟子，吾見師之出，而不見其入也，公使謂之曰，爾何知，中壽，爾墓之木拱矣。 |
| 《·》: | 其合四十二篇之注于七十一篇之本而亡其十一篇者未知何代要在唐以後矣嗟乎自周至今殆三千載苟獲碎金殘石于瓦礫之中尚寶之如拱璧山海經之謬悠穆王游行之荒唐偽紀年之杜撰尚有揅覃綴緝之者況上翼六經下籠諸子宏深質古若是書者乎漢志儒家有周政六篇周法九篇道家有周訓十四篇皆不傳傳者唯此儒者顧不甚愛惜任其脫爛或又從而觝排之甚矣其專己而蔑古也。 |
| 《·》: | 行頭皆官師，擁鐸拱稽，建肥胡，奉文犀之渠。 |
| 《》: | 大王拱手以須，天下遍隨而伏，伯王之名可成也。 |
| 《·》: | 黎民昏晨不釋事，奴婢垂拱遨游也。 |
| 《》: | 秦伯曰：「子之塚木已拱矣，何知！」 |
| 《》: | 秦伯怒曰：「若爾之年者，宰上之木拱矣，爾曷知！」 |
| 《·》: | 孝惠垂拱，高后女主，不出房闥，而天下晏然，民務稼穡，衣食滋殖。 |
| 《》: | 深拱揖讓。 |
| 《·》: | 令延岑出漢中，定三輔，天水、隴西拱手自服。 |
| 《》: | 臣等生長漢地，開口仰食，歲時賞賜，動輒億萬，雖垂拱安枕，慚無報效之義。 |
| 《·》: | 大過：功成事就，拱手安居。 |
