巵言

巵言

巵言不一之言也。言之不一,則動而愈出,故曰日出。言不一而出之,必有本,故曰和以天倪。天倪,自然之妙本也。言有其本則應變而無極,故曰因以曼衍。言應變無極則古今之年有時而窮盡,而吾之所言無時而極也,故曰所以窮年。此周之爲言雖放縱不一,而未嘗離於道本也。故郭象以周爲知本者,所謂知莊子之深也。

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