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此會外典之違也。《太宗師》略云：「夫藏舟於壑、藏山於澤，謂之固矣。然而夜半有力者負之而走，昧者不知。」若直解者，如人藏山於深澤以謂牢固，力大者得之於夜半中背負而趁，彼藏山者不覺不知。此寓言也，以譬造化之力遷負周密，雖天地之大、萬物之廣，未嘗不負之而走也。夜半，以喻冥理也。古人云：變化之道，挾日月而行、負天地而走。此亦正同四梵志藏身山海時至皆化。仲尼下，《論語》文。孔子臨於川上，歎曰：「逝者如斯夫，不舍晝夜。」意云：新新之化，往者過而來者續，無一息之停。如斯，指水也。二典皆言物遷，如何會通？

This harmonizes contradictions in non-Buddhist texts. The 'Dazongshi' chapter [of the *Zhuangzi*] says in brief: 'Now, hiding a boat in a ravine or hiding a mountain in a marsh may be called secure. Yet at midnight, a strong person carries it on his back and runs away, while the ignorant do not realize it.' If interpreted directly, it means like a person hiding a mountain in a deep marsh, thinking it secure, but a strong person takes it at midnight, carries it away on his back, and flees, while the one who hid the mountain neither senses nor realizes it. This is a fable, using it to illustrate that the power of creation and transformation moves and carries things with complete thoroughness; vast as heaven and earth may be, and wide as the myriad things may be, it has never failed to carry them on its back and run away. 'Midnight' is a metaphor for the hidden principle. The ancients said: 'The way of transformation proceeds embracing the sun and moon, and runs carrying heaven and earth.' This is also precisely the same as the four brahmacārins hiding their bodies in mountains and seas, yet when the time arrived, they all underwent transformation. From 'Confucius' down is the text of the *Analects*. Confucius stood beside the river and sighed, saying: 'What passes away is like this, ceasing neither day nor night!' The meaning is: the ever-new transformations, the past having passed and the future continuing, without a single moment of rest. 'Like this' points to the water. Both texts speak of things moving; how are they to be harmonized and understood?