太微章第四

太微章第四

道言:道有不可言,道有可言,不可言則大,可言則小;不可言者,能生死萬物,移神易妙。言者,萬物由之生死,天地由之造化。故眞人之道得太微之理,然不可以形言。不可以言,則惟觀天地之言者。天之道有短有長,惟短者更短,長者不復長也。且太始之右,日長人大,年長物盈,今世短耳,民輕耳,短運耳。天之度,三百六十五曆,減之則合,加之則弱。西王母曰:大微者,天道盈虧之法也。天道漸短,地道漸長,君繁離,民飢薄,天道常若不及,則等差之運,以天長地短,天遠地近,陽衰陰極。知太微之道,是以整肅陰陽,觀天地人也。

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