廣弘明集 19.52

19.52

When Paoxi was spirit-like, the eight trigrams were thereby set in array; when King Wen of Zhou attained sageliness, the six empty positions were thereby broadly displayed. These, however, are merely partial canons for guiding worldly matters, not the universal, great instructions. As for Emperor Ming of Han lecturing in person, he was restricted by Confucian arts; and when Emperor Jianwen expounded the commentaries, he fell short of the dedicated scriptures. It was like the Spirit of the River looking into the brickwork of a well, or Yunmeng Swamp merely held within one's breast.