问：「静时亦觉意思好，才遇事便不同，如何？」
先生曰：「是徒知养静，而不用克己工夫也。如此，临事便要倾倒。人须在事上磨，方立得住，方能静亦定，动亦定。」
有人问：「静的时候也觉得心境很好，一遇到事便不一样了，怎么办？」
先生说：「这是只知涵养静气，而不用克己的功夫。这样，遇到事便要倾倒。人必须在事上磨练，才立得住，才能静也定、动也定。」
Someone asked: "In quiet I feel fine, but the moment affairs arise it is different. What to do?"
The Master said: "You know only nourishing stillness and neglect the work of self-mastery. Meeting affairs, you will be bowled over. One must be tempered on affairs to stand firm — then one is settled in stillness and settled in movement alike."