先生曰：「『惟天下之圣，为能聪明睿知』，旧看何等玄妙！今看来，原是人人自有的。耳原是聪、目原是明、心思原是睿知，圣人只是一能之尔，能处正是良知。众人不能，只是个不致知，何等明白简易。」
先生说：「『惟天下之圣，为能聪明睿知』，旧时看何等玄妙！如今看来，原是人人自有的。耳原本聪、目原本明、心思原本睿知，圣人只是能之罢了，能处正是良知。众人不能，只是个不致知，何等明白简易。」
The Master said: 'Only the sage under heaven is able to be clear-eared, bright-eyed, penetrating of thought — how mysterious it once seemed! Seen now, it is every man's own. The ear was hearing, the eye sight, the thought penetration, from the first: the sage is only able — and the able is innate knowledge. That the crowd cannot is only its failure to extend knowledge. How plain, how simple.'