勤始

勤始

學者邁征之詣,力端重乎始基。譬若稽田,既勤敷菑,乃得修陳其疆畎;梓材勤樸斲,而後來之丹雘可加。由邇以陟遐,君子所為作事謀始也。不然,存畏葸之懷,而無撒手懸崖之勇,則經營不力,安望積小以高大,而成峻極之觀?故志士勵行一念,確乎其不拔,而縱心孤往,行健以自強,此鵬鳥之爲培風,斯以背負青天,而莫之夭閼者也。而後乃今將圖南。詩:東風餉暖苑花齊,一刻千金肯自迷。曰:休戀穠華誇比翼,孤桐原待鳳凰棲。

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