洋海說

洋海說

天地萬物,有生必有死,有長必有消,乃自然之理。乾坤大地,乃曰造化。若造而不化,則太虛充滿矣;若化而不造,則大地亦消矣。物物皆然,而水獨運轉以爲生生耳。但地中虛竅甚多,皆水氣火氣興虛氣,所有虛竅與水火皆相接應無際而能相化者也。地中之氣與水接,水隨氣到面,土情木冷,遇其冷亦化爲水,故地中皆水也。水主降而浮於土上,火主升而生於土虛中,積於天下。地上水氣雖凝,其質稍輕,皆附於地面居焉。惟地形最重,凝結水下,萬形萬質,莫不就之。水旣在地,其地如核桃,有凸有凹,海卽核桃之凹處也,故曰百川滙海。其海底虛竅,隨氣亦能漸消,運行四散,而重者,其味則臨聚於海矣。

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