门人在座,有动止甚矜持者。
先生曰:「人若矜持太过,终是有弊。」
曰:「矜得太过,如何有弊?」
曰︰「人只有许多精神,若专在容貌上用功,则于中心照管不及者多矣。」
有太直率者。
先生曰:「如今讲此学,却外面全不检束,又分心与事为二矣。」
门人在座,有一位举止过分矜持。
先生说:「人若矜持太过,终究有弊病。」
问:「矜持太过,怎么有弊?」
答:「人只有这些精神,若专在容貌上用功,那么对内心的照管就顾不上的多了。」
又有一位过于直率。
先生说:「如今讲这学问,外面却全不检点,又是把心和事分作二了。」
Among the disciples present, one was over-stiff in bearing.
The Master said: 'Too much stiffness breeds its own harm.'
'How is stiffness harmful?'
'A man has only so much spirit; spend it all on the surface, and the heart within goes largely unattended.'
Another was overly blunt and loose.
The Master said: 'Professing this learning yet wholly unchecked without — that again splits mind and affair in two.'