禪林寶訓 2.14

2.14

靈源謂黃太史曰。古人云。抱火措于積薪之下而寢其上。火未及然固以為安。此誠喻安危之機。死生之理明如杲日間不容𩬊。夫人平居燕處罕以生死禍患為慮。一旦事出不測。方頓足扼腕。而捄之終莫能濟矣（筆帖）。

Lingyuan said to Grand Historian Huang: 'The ancients said: "To hold fire and place it under a pile of firewood, and then sleep on top of it; because the fire has not yet ignited, one considers oneself secure." This is truly an analogy for the turning point between security and danger. The principle of life and death is as clear as the bright sun, not allowing a hair's breadth of delay. People in their everyday leisure rarely take life and death, misfortune and disaster into consideration. Once an unforeseen calamity arises, only then do they stamp their feet and wring their hands; but in trying to remedy it, they will ultimately be unable to succeed.' (*Bitie*).