| 《·》: | 子曰：「苗而不秀者有矣夫！」 |
| The Master said, "There are cases in which the blade springs, but the plant does not go on to flower!" |
| 《·》: | 萬章曰：「舜流共工于幽州，放驩兜于崇山，殺三苗于三危，殛鯀于羽山，四罪而天下咸服，誅不仁也。」 |
| Wan Zhang said, 'Shun banished the superintendent of works to You Zhou; he sent away Huan Dou to the mountain Chong; he slew the prince of San Miao in San Wei; and he imprisoned Gun on the mountain Yu. When the crimes of those four were thus punished, the whole kingdom acquiesced - it was a cutting off of men who were destitute of benevolence.' |
| 《·》: | 故諺有之曰：「人莫知其子之惡，莫知其苗之碩。」 |
| Hence it is said, in the common adage, "A man does not know the wickedness of his son; he does not know the richness of his growing corn." |
| 《》: | 育而不苗者，吾家之童烏乎？ |
| Born but not yet sprouted, that was my young son Tong Wu! |
| 《·》: | 三苗之民，或賢或不肖，堯、舜齊之，恩教加也。 |
| Among the Three Miao tribes some were honest, some disreputable. Yao and Shun made them all alike by conferring the boon of instruction upon them. |
| 《·》: | 先王之書呂刑道之曰：『皇帝清問下民，有辭有苗。』 |
| "It is found in the " Penal Code of Lu," a book of an early king, thus: "The Emperor (Yao) inquired among his subjects, and complaints were made against the Miaos (barbarians)." |
| 《·》: | 堯於是放讙兜於崇山，投三苗於三峗，流共工於幽都，此不勝天下也夫！ |
| On this Yao sent away Huan Dou to Chong hill, and (the Chiefs of) the Three Miao to San-wei, and banished the Minister of Works to the Dark Capital; so unequal had they been to cope with the world. |
| 《·》: | 三苗在江淮、荊州數為亂。 |
| That the three Miao tribes in the districts of Jiang Huai, and Jing should so often rise in rebellion. |
| 《·》: | 彼黍離離、彼稷之苗。 |
| There was the millet with its drooping heads; There was the sacrificial millet coming into blade. |
| 《·》: | 何遷乎有苗？ |
| What to be removing a lord of Miao? |
| 《·》: | 禹勞心力，堯有德，干戈不用三苗服。 |
| 《·》: | 當舜之時，有苗氏不服，其所以不服者，大山在其南，殿山在其北。 |
| 《·》: | 曰：凡《春秋》之記災異也，雖有數莖，猶謂之無麥苗也。 |
| 《·》: | 當舜之時，有苗不服，其不服者，衡山在南，岐山在北，左洞庭之波，右彭澤之水，由此險也。 |
| 《·》: | 殺三苗于三危，以變西戎。 |
| 《·》: | 嘉禾者，大禾也，成王時有三苗異畝而生，同為一穗大幾盈車，長幾充箱。 |
| 《·》: | 其後三苗復九黎之德，堯復育重黎之後不忘舊者，使復典教之，故《》曰：「乃命羲和，欽若昊天。」 |
| 《·》: | 後三苗復九黎之德，堯繼重、黎之後不忘舊者，羲伯復治之。 |
| 《·》: | 上九，小人積非，至于苗裔。 |
| 《》: | 深耕廣種，立苗欲䟽。 |
| 《·》: | 是年夏，河南四縣雨雹，如棬杯，大者如斗，殺禽畜雉兔，折樹木，秋苗盡。 |
| 《》: | 率爾苗民，慎不敬聽。 |
| 《·》: | 其土氣常燠，日月餘光之照其土，不生嘉苗。 |
| 《·》: | 黃帝百戰，蚩尤七十二，堯伐有唐，禹服有苗，天不變其常，地不易其則，陰陽不亂其氣，生死不俛其位，三光不改其用，神明不徙其法。 |
| 《·》: | 曰：「南門之外，有黃犢食苗道左者。」 |
| 《·》: | 春已失二十五日，而尚有起夏作，是春失其地，夏失其苗。 |
| 《·》: | 今有牛、馬、羊食人苗。 |
| 《·》: | 故當舜之時，有苗不服，於是舜修政偃兵，執幹戚而舞之。 |
| 《·》: | 舜卻苗民，更易其俗。 |
| 《》: | 五年，春，公將如棠觀魚者，臧僖伯諫曰，凡物不足以講大事，其材不足以備器用，則君不舉焉，君將納民於軌物者也，故講事以度軌量謂之軌，取材以章物采謂之物，不軌不物，謂之亂政，亂政亟行，所以敗也，故春蒐，夏苗，秋獮，冬狩，皆於農隙以講事也，三年而治兵，入而振旅，歸而飲至，以數軍實昭文章，明貴賤，辨等列，順少長，習威儀也，鳥獸之肉，不登於俎，皮革，齒牙，骨角，毛，羽，不登於器，則公不射，古之制也。 |
| 《·》: | 克中無苗，以保小子于位。 |
| 《·》: | 其後，三苗復九黎之德，堯復育重黎之後，不忘舊者，使復典之。 |
| 《》: | 妾聞之，明君蒞國立政，不損祿，不益刑，又不以私恚害公法，不為禽獸傷人民，不為草木傷禽獸，不為野草傷禾苗。 |
| 《》: | 夏長無苗，二死也。 |
| 《》: | 昔者神農伐補遂，黃帝伐涿鹿而禽蚩尤，堯伐驩兜，舜伐三苗，禹伐共工，湯伐有夏，文王伐崇，武王伐紂，齊桓任戰而伯天下。 |
| 《·》: | 故茂林之下無豐草，大塊之間無美苗。 |
| 《·》: | 妾聞明君之蒞國也，不損祿而加刑，又不以私恚害公法，不為六畜傷民人，不為野草傷禾苗。 |
| 《》: | 無麥、苗。 |
| 《》: | 無麥、苗。 |
| 《·》: | 博陽不伐，含弘光大，天誘其衷，慶流苗裔。 |
| 《》: | 爰及苗裔。 |
