人天眼目 3.26

3.26

夫黑白未分。難為彼此。玄黃之後。方位自他。於是借黑權正。假白示偏。正不坐正。夜半虛明。偏不坐偏。天曉陰晦。全體即用。枯木華開。全用即真。芳叢不艶。摧殘兼帶及盡玄微。玉鳳金鸞分疎不下。是故威音那畔。休話如何。曲為今時由人施設。略陳管見以示方隅。冀諸同心。幸毋撫掌。

"Now, when black and white are not yet divided, this and that can hardly be distinguished; after black and yellow [appear], self and other are positioned in direction. Thereupon, black is borrowed to represent the upright, and white is used provisionally to show the partial. The upright does not abide in the upright: at midnight, an empty brightness. The partial does not abide in the partial: at daybreak, a dim obscurity. The entire essence is itself the function: blossoms open on a withered tree. The entire function is itself the real: fragrant clusters are not gaudy. Breaking down integration and exhausting the profound and subtle, the jade phoenix and golden simurgh cannot be disentangled. Therefore, on that side of Bhīṣmagarjitasvararāja, cease talking of how it is; bending [to circumstances] for the present age, it is deployed by human means. I briefly present my humble views to indicate a direction, hoping that those of like mind will kindly refrain from clapping their hands in laughter."