| 《·》: | 子曰：「飯疏食飲水，曲肱而枕之，樂亦在其中矣。」 |
| The Master said, "With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bended arm for a pillow; I have still joy in the midst of these things." |
| 《·》: | 五命曰：『無曲防，無遏糴，無有封而不告。』 |
| The fifth was, "Follow no crooked policy in making embankments. Impose no restrictions on the sale of grain. Let there be no promotions without first announcing them to the sovereign." |
| 《·》: | 曲袷如矩以應方。 |
| The opening at the neck was square, as if made by means of that instrument so named. |
| 《》: | 曰：「塗雖曲而通諸夏則由諸，川雖曲而通諸海則由諸。」 |
| Yangzi said: Although the road is crooked, if it still reaches the Xia, then follow it. Although the river is winding, if it still reaches the ocean, then follow it. |
| 《·》: | 必厚作斂於百姓，暴奪民衣食之財，以為宮室，臺榭曲直之望，青黃刻鏤之飾。 |
| They would tax the people, robbing them of their means of livelihood, in order to have their palaces covered with porches and pavilions in various designs and adorned with paintings and sculpture. |
| 《·》: | 其大本擁腫而不中繩墨，其小枝卷曲而不中規矩，立之塗，匠者不顧。 |
| Its trunk swells out to a large size, but is not fit for a carpenter to apply his line to it; its smaller branches are knotted and crooked, so that the disk and square cannot be used on them. Though planted on the wayside, a builder would not turn his head to look at it. |
| 《》: | 曲則全，枉則直，窪則盈，弊則新，少則得，多則惑。 |
| The partial becomes complete; the crooked, straight; the empty, full; the worn out, new. He whose (desires) are few gets them; he whose (desires) are many goes astray. |
| 《·》: | 吾聞窮巷多怪，曲學多辨。 |
| I have heard it said that in poor country districts, much is thought strange, and that in village schools there are many debates. |
| 《·》: | 法者，曲制，官道，主用也。 |
| By method and discipline are to be understood the marshaling of the army in its proper subdivisions, the graduations of rank among the officers, the maintenance of roads by which supplies may reach the army, and the control of military expenditure. |
| 《·》: | 禮之於正國家也，如權衡之於輕重也，如繩墨之於曲直也。 |
| 《·》: | 夫樹曲木者惡得直景，人君不直其行，不敬其言者，未有能保帝王之號，垂顯令之名者也。 |
| 《·》: | 子反之行，一曲之變。 |
| 《·》: | 婦人對曰：「阿谷之隧，隱曲之氾，其水載清載濁，流而趨海，欲飲則飲，何問婦人乎？」 |
| 《·》: | 木直而中繩，輮而為輪，其曲中規，枯暴不復挺者，輮使之然也。 |
| 《·》: | 《》曰：「天地四時山川五祀，歲遍。」 |
| 《·》: | 故為人君者，其出令也，其如聲，士民學之，其如響，曲折而從君，其如景矣。 |
| 《·》: | 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。 |
| 《·》: | 如激風之至，如暴雨之集，不論是非之性，不識曲直之理，期於不窮，務於必勝，以故淺識而好奇者，見其如此也，固以為辯。 |
| 《·》: | 不仕而敬上，不祀而敬鬼，直己而曲於人。 |
| 《·》: | 諺曰：「曲水惡直繩，重罰惡明證。」 |
| 《·》: | 此以曲伎合，合則遇。 |
| 《·》: | 次七，曲其故，迂其塗，厲之馴。 |
| 《·》: | 夫聖人之制禮也，事有其制，曲有其防，為其可傳，為其可繼。 |
| 《·》: | 賞罰是非，相與曲謬，雖十黃帝固所不能治也。 |
| 《·》: | 淫惠、曲意，私怨，此三者，實枉貞道，亂大德，然成敗得失，莫匪由之，救病不給，其竟奚暇於道德哉？ |
| 《·》: | |
| 《·》: | 枉士無正友，曲上無直下。 |
| 《·》: | 於是奚仲乃橈曲為輪，因直為轅，駕馬服牛，浮舟杖楫，以代人力。 |
| 《·》: | 曲引興兮繁絲撫，然後哀聲既發，祕弄乃開。 |
| 《·》: | 因復指河曲之淫隅曰：「彼中有寶珠，泳可得也。」 |
| 《·》: | 夫物故曲可改人可使。 |
| 《·》: | 瞳子，若新生之犢，而無求其故，形若枯木，心若死灰，真其實知而不以曲故自持，恢恢無心可謀，「明白四達，能無知乎？」 |
| 《》: | 事善能， |
| 《·》: | 故當今之時，能去私曲就公法者，民安而國治。 |
| 《》: | 不問可否，不論曲直，非秦者去，為客者逐。 |
| 《·》: | 管子曰：「惟曲衡之數為可耳。」 |
| 《·》: | 吾觀其眾，邪曲勝直。 |
| 《·》: | 兵有勝於朝廷，有勝於原野，有勝於市井，鬥則得，服則失，幸以不敗，此不意彼驚懼而曲勝之也。 |
| 《·》: | 軍讖曰：世世作姦，侵盜縣官，進退求便，委曲弄文，以危其君，是謂國姦。 |
| 《·》: | 今有曲池，上中周二丈，外周四丈，廣一丈，下中周一丈四尺，外周二丈四尺，廣五尺，深一丈。 |
| 《·》: | 其旨約而遠，其言曲而中，將恐廢替，濡滯不通，使談天者無所取則，輒依經為圖，誠冀頹毀重仞之墻，披露堂室之奧，庶博物君子，時逈思焉。 |
