弘明集 9.62

9.62

It also says that the heart is the root of deliberation and deliberation cannot be lodged in other parts. If you refer to the mouth, eyes, ears, and nose, this argument holds. But if you refer to another person's mind, it is not so. Although ears and nose share this same body, they cannot be mixed together, because the organs they govern are not the same, and the functions of these organs are each different. Another's mind, although in that corporeal form, can interact [with mine], because their spiritual principles are equally subtle and their consciousness and deliberation are of equal efficacy. Therefore the Book of Documents states: 'Open your heart and moisten my heart.' The Book of Songs says: 'Another person has a mind; I measure it.' Duke Huan of Qi took the strategies of Guan Zhong as his model; the Founding Emperor of Han employed Zhang Liang's plans. These are all cases of taking what is rooted in my corporeal form and lodging it in another's part. Why say that Zhang A's feelings cannot be entrusted to Wang B's body, and Li C's nature cannot be lodged in Zhao D's corporeal form?