常應常靜解

常應常靜解

夫天體本靜,應之以日月雲霞。地體本靜,應之以江河萬物。四序本靜,應之以春夏秋冬。人心本靜,應之以喜怒哀樂。凡有一靜,則有一應。靜者,主也。應者,賔也。靜者,君也。應者,臣也。靜爲内體,應爲外用。是以聖人之心,常不易而應乎萬物之情,常不動應乎萬物之變。雖與萬物接應,而此心未始逐萬物而遷動也,故能爲萬物之主焉。雖日應萬機,曾不損乎毫釐,太上執此以御三才萬物也。常應常靜,聖人之至德乎,天地之眞心乎。學者之日用緊要,切不可放過也。

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