禪林寶訓 1.21

1.21

舜老夫謂浮山遠錄公曰。欲究無上妙道。窮則益堅老當益壯。不可循俗苟竊聲利自喪至德。夫玉貴潔潤。故丹紫莫能渝其質。松表歲寒。霜雪莫能凋其操。是知節義為天下之大。惟公標致可尚。得不自強。古人云。逸翮獨翔孤風絕侶。宜其然矣（廣錄）。

The Old Man Shun said to Master Lu Yuan of Fushan: "One who wishes to investigate the unsurpassed, wondrous Way must become firmer as poverty deepens, and become stronger as old age approaches. One must not follow common vulgarity, unlawfully snatching fame and profit to the ruination of one's supreme virtue. Jade is valued for its pure luster, and therefore vermilion or purple cannot alter its substance; the pine displays its nature in the cold of the year, and frost and snow cannot wither its integrity. From this we know that integrity and righteousness are the greatest things in the realm. As your demeanor is worthy of esteem, can you fail to exert yourself? The ancients said: 'With unhindered wings flying alone, solitary in the wind without a peer.' Indeed it should be so!" (From the Extensive Records).