The Four Beginnings (of humanity, righteousness, propriety, and wisdom) are all originally present in the self. Nothing need be added from the outside.
Principle exists in the universe without any obstruction. It is only that you sink from it, hide yourself in darkness as in the trap, and lose all sense of what is high and far beyond. It is imperative that this trap be decisively broken and the confining net be penetrated and destroyed.
The universe has never separated itself from man. Man separates himself from the universe.
Students of today (circa 12th Century) only pay attention to details and do not search for what is concrete.
When is it necessary to depend on words?"
When scholars read today, they only try to understand words and do not go further to find out what is vital.
Complete Work of Lu Hsiang-shan (Hsiang-shan ch’uan-chi), 35:10a-b, in Wing-Tsit Chan, Chinese Philosophy, Chapter 33
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