九川卧病虔州。
先生云:「病物亦难格,觉得如何?」
对曰:「功夫甚难。」
先生曰:「常快活便是功夫。」
九川在虔州卧病。
先生说:「病这物件也难格,觉得怎样?」
答:「功夫甚难。」
先生说:「常快活便是功夫。」
Lying ill at Qianzhou, I heard the Master say: 'Sickness too is a hard thing to correct — how does it feel?'
'The work is very hard.'
'To keep always cheerful is the work.'