禪林寶訓 4.31

4.31

Zhuo'an said to Vice Minister You, "The intent of the sages and worthies is reserved and gentle, yet the principle is bright; it is leisurely and untroubled, yet affairs are manifest. In the affairs they employ, they do not expect rapid completion, but allow for lasting endurance; they do not require inevitable advance, but allow for proximate success. Applying this to infer the intent of the sages and worthies, they were thus able to span ten thousand generations and maintain it without fault; it is just like this." (Collection of Huan'an)