元而已。三否內坤外乾。象曰:天地不交而萬物不通,內小人而外君子,故外强中乾。大往小來,故當植培。此天地閉塞之候,入申正,植培而已簣中書同,陶本申正下作外強中乾,須事植培,意義與此書同,蓋值申正,運當下元之初,其時人民燕安成性,岡知奮勉,無有遠慮,風氣浮華,舉止文勝,故曰外强。惟民生厚,其氣已漓,百產亦漸耗竭,故曰中乾。一旦劫臨,挺而走險,適以速斃,誠可哀也。志斯道者,訣惟植培爲事,所以思患預防也。

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