仆之不肖，何敢以夫子之道为己任？顾其心亦已稍加疾痛之在身，是以彷徨四顾，将求其有助于我者，相与讲去其病耳。今诚得豪杰同志之士，扶持匡翼，共明良知之学于天下，使天下之人皆知自致其良知，以相安相养，去其自私自利之蔽，一洗谗妒胜忿之习，以济于大同，则仆之狂病固将脱然以愈，而终免于丧心之患矣，岂不快哉？
我之不肖，怎敢以夫子之道为己任？只是心中也已稍感疾痛在身，所以彷徨四顾，寻求能帮助我的人，共同讲求去掉这病。如今若真得豪杰同志之士扶持匡助，共明良知之学于天下，使天下人都知道自致其良知，相安相养，去掉自私自利之蔽，一洗谗妒胜忿之习，以达于大同，那么我的狂病自将脱然而愈，终免于丧心之患，岂不痛快！
Unworthy as I am, how dare I take the Master's way upon myself? Only that the ache has come to lie upon my own body, and I look about for any who will help me, that together we may reason out the cure. Could heroic fellows now be found to bear me up and right me, to light the learning of innate knowledge together through the world, till all men know to extend their own innate knowledge, living at peace and nourishing one another, the veil of self-service stripped away, the habits of slander, envy and quarrel washed clean, and the great community reached — then my madness would drop off whole, and I escape the heart-struck plague at last. Would that not be joy!