【原文】
11.3 箴者，针也，所以攻疾防患，喻针石也。斯文之兴，盛于三代。夏商二箴，馀句颇存。周之辛甲，百官箴阙，唯《虞箴》一篇，体义备焉。迄至春秋，微而未绝。故魏绛讽君于后羿，楚子训民于在勤。战代以来，弃德务功，铭辞代兴，箴文委绝。至扬雄稽古，始范《虞箴》，作《卿尹》、《州牧》二十五篇。及崔胡补缀，总称《百官》。指事配位，鞶鉴有征，信所谓追清风于前古，攀辛甲于后代者也。至于潘勖《符节》，要而失浅；温峤《侍臣》，博而患繁；王济《国子》，文多而事寡；潘尼《乘舆》，义正而体芜：凡斯继作，鲜有克衷。至于王朗《杂箴》，乃置巾履，得其戒慎，而失其所施；观其约文举要，宪章武铭，而水火井灶，繁辞不已，志有偏也。
【今译】
箴就是打针，用来治病防患，用针石来作比方。这种文体的兴起，在夏商周三代盛行。《夏箴》和《商箴》保存少数残余的句子。周朝的辛甲，他的百官箴散失了，只存《虞箴》一篇，体制和用意都完备。到了春秋，箴文衰落还没有断绝。所以魏绛用箴文中的后羿来讽谏晋君，楚庄王用箴文中的“民生在勤”来教训民众。战国以来，抛弃道德，力求有功;铭文代箴文兴起，箴文枯萎绝迹了。到扬雄考古，开始模仿《虞箴》，作卿尹州牧等箴二十五篇。到崔骃胡广又加补充，总称《百官箴》。配合各种官位，指出应该警诫的事项，像镜子那祥可以借鉴，确实是上追前古的好风气，在后代仰慕辛甲的作法了。到汉末潘勖的《符节箴》，扼要而失于肤浅，东晋温峤的《侍臣箴》，广博而失于繁杂;西晋王济的《国子箴》，文多事少，潘尼的《乘舆箴》，意义正确，文辞芜杂:所有这些继续创作，很少有写得恰好的。到魏王朗的杂箴，却作《巾箴》《履箴》，文中要警诫谨慎是对的，但用在巾履上就不恰当;看他文辞简练，意义扼要，模仿周武王的铭文，内容谈到水火井灶，文辞繁多不止，是志趣有所偏了。
11.3 The character for "admonition" derives its meaning from the needle used to heal or prevent diseases. Admonitions flourished in the Three Dynasties. Quite a few fragments from the admonitions of Xia and Shang are extant. In the Zhou Dynasty, Xin Jia required all ranks of officials to admonish the throne. Of these admonitions, the one written by a gamekeeper marked the maturity of this genre. In the Spring and Autumn period, admonitory writings declined but did not perish. Wei Jiang of the Jin admonished his lord with a pocm about Hou Yi the Archer. King Zhuang of Chu instructed his people with an admonition about diligence. In the Warring States, virtue was abandoned and military merits alone were sought. Inscriptions flourished while poems of admonition withered and disappeared. When Yang Xiong came to study the ancient admonitions, he followed the gamekeeper's example and wrote 25 poems of admonition about the duties attached to various official positions. Cui Yin and Hu Guang wrote more works of this kind. Together with Yang's works, they make up what have come to be known as "Admonitions on a Hundred Official Positions." By matching appropriate lessons to positions, these admonitions give moral guidance to officials at various levels. They carried on the ancient tradition and followed the illustrious model of Xin Jia. Pan Xu's "Admonition on Tallies" is short and shallow. Wen Qiao's "Admonition to the Lords in Attendance" is elaborate but verbose. Wang Ji's "Admonition to Scholars of the Royal Academy" is packed with quotations and lacks original ideas. Pan Ni's "Admonition to the Imperial Chariot" is appropriate in meaning but disorderly in form. None of these is up to the standard. Wang Lang's "Miscellaneous Admonitions" about such things as a head cover or a pair of shoes expend words on unworthy objects. In brevity and concision they follow classical examples, but in treating meticulously such trivial subjects as a stove or a well, they represent an aberrant approach to writing admonitions.
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