先生一日出游禹穴[1],顾田间禾曰:「能几何时,又如此长了!」
范兆期[2]在傍曰:「此只是有根。学问能自植根,亦不患无长。」
先生曰:「人孰无根?良知即是天植灵根,自生生不息;但著了私累,把此根戕贼蔽塞,不得发生耳。」
先生一日出游禹穴,看着田里的禾苗说:「才多久,又长这么高了!」
范兆期在旁说:「这只是因为有根。学问能自己植下根,也不愁不生长。」
先生说:「谁没有根?良知就是天植的灵根,自然生生不息;只是着了私累,把这根戕害蔽塞,不得生长发芽罢了。」
Out one day at Yu's Cave, the Master looked on the young grain: 'So soon, and grown so tall!'
Fan Zhaoqi at his side said: 'Only because it has a root. Let learning plant its own root, and growth is sure.'
The Master said: 'Who lacks a root? Innate knowledge is heaven-planted, quick with unending life; only the clutter of the private wounds and chokes it, and it cannot sprout.'
- 会稽山小峰之一,在今浙江绍兴县。
- 情况不详。