[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [鐔津文集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2115) › 8.5 # 鐔津文集 8.5 鐔津文集 8.5 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2115.8.5) 自然子。西山之有道者也。處仄陋間三十年。雜老農老圃以游。未嘗一日以語𨕣物。康定初。朝廷求儒於草澤。知己者將以道進於天子。自然子引去不顧。余於自然子有故也。聞且惑之。謂自然子賢者。不宜不見。幾念方當遠別不得與語。故文以諭之曰。子自然子。讀書探堯舜之道。豈宜自私得志。推諸天下與人共之。不得已山林而已。昔曾點顏淵樂道。終於隱約而不改。彼以時命大繆而然也。今天下一國君人者有道。自然子之時固異矣。安得與彼二子同年而語哉。吾嘗謂隱者之道有三焉。有天隱。有名隱。有形隱。形隱也者密藏深伏往而不返。非世傲人者之所好也。長沮桀溺者其人也。名隱也者不觀治亂與時浮沈。循祿全生者之所好也。東方曼倩楊子雲者其人也。天隱也者心不凝滯拘絕於事無固無必。可行即行可止即止。通其變者之所好也。太公望孔子顏淵者其人也。子自然子志在孔子。而所守與長沮桀溺輩類。彼長沮桀溺者規規剪剪獨善自養。非有憂天下之心。未足與也。自然子固宜思之。與其道在於山林曷若道在於天下。與其樂與猿猱麋鹿曷若樂與君臣父子。其志遠而其節且大。為之名也赫赫。掀天地照萬世。不亦盛矣哉。自然子思之。行矣無且容與知言者。豈以我為狂言乎。 > Master Ziran is a man of the Way from the Western Mountains. He lived in humble circumstances for thirty years, mingling and wandering with old farmers and gardeners, never once using his words to cross worldly affairs. In the early Kangding era, the court sought scholars from the wilderness, and an intimate acquaintance intended to present him via the Way to the Son of Heaven. Master Ziran drew back and departed without looking back. I have an old acquaintance with Master Ziran. Hearing of this, I was puzzled, believing that Master Ziran is a worthy man who ought not to remain unseen. As I thought we were about to part far away and would not be able to converse, I wrote this text to admonish him, saying: “Sir, Master Ziran, you have read books and investigated the Way of Yao and Shun; how can it be right to be selfish when fulfilling your aspirations? One should extend it to all under Heaven and share it with others; only when there is no choice does one retreat to the mountain forests. In the past, Zeng Dian and Yan Yuan delighted in the Way, ending in obscurity without altering their purpose; they did so because the fortune of their times was vastly awry. Now, the ruler of men who unifies all under Heaven possesses the Way; your times, Master Ziran, are surely different. How can one speak of you in the same breath as those two gentlemen? I have often said that the way of the hermit has three kinds: the heavenly hermit, the nominal hermit, and the physical hermit. The physical hermit secretly conceals and deeply hides himself, going away and never returning; he is not fond of worldly affairs and disdains others. Changju and Jieni are such men. The nominal hermit pays no regard to order or disorder, drifting with the times; he is favored by those who comply with official stipends to preserve their lives. Dongfang Manqian and Yang Ziyun are such men. The heavenly hermit has a mind that is neither congealed nor obstructed, nor rigidly bound by affairs, free from dogmatism and obstinacy; he acts when it is permissible to act and stops when it is permissible to stop. He is favored by those who comprehend changes. Grand Duke Wang, Confucius, and Yan Yuan are such men. Sir, Master Ziran, your aspiration lies with Confucius, yet that which you keep to is of the kind of Changju and Jieni. Those men Changju and Jieni were petty and narrow, merely cultivating their own goodness and nourishing themselves, without any mind of concern for all under Heaven; they are not worthy of being associated with. Master Ziran, you ought surely to consider this. Rather than your Way remaining in the mountain forests, how much better if your Way were in all under Heaven? Rather than delighting with apes, monkeys, and deer, how much better to take joy with ruler and minister, father and son? If your aspiration is far-reaching and your integrity great, the reputation made by it will be illustrious, stirring heaven and earth and illuminating ten thousand generations—would that not be magnificent! Consider this, Master Ziran! Go forth, do not hesitate; how could those who know words regard my words as wild?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2115.8.4) - [Next: 8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2115.8.6) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2115.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2115~en-mt.8.5) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2115.8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2115.8.5) · Pramāṇa