尝见先生送二三耆宿出门，退坐于中轩，若有忧色。德洪趋进请问。
先生曰：「顷与诸老论及此学，真员凿方枘。此道坦如道路[1]，世儒往往自加荒塞，终身陷荆棘之场而不悔，吾不知其何说也！」
德洪退，谓朋友曰：「先生诲人，不择衰朽，仁人悯物之心也。」
曾见先生送两三位年高宿儒出门，退坐在轩中，面有忧色。德洪上前请教。
先生说：「刚才与诸位老先生论及此学，真是圆凿方枘。此道平坦如同大路，世俗儒者往往自己把它荒芜阻塞，终身陷在荆棘丛中而不悔，我不知道这是怎么说！」
德洪退下后对朋友说：「先生教诲人，不挑拣衰朽，这是仁人悯物之心啊。」
I once saw the Master see two or three aged scholars out, then withdraw to the porch with a clouded face. I drew near to ask.
He said: 'Just now, speaking of this learning with those elders — a round peg in a square socket. This Way lies open as a highway; the world's scholars choke it with their own brambles, lifelong in the thorns and unrepenting — I know not what to say!'
When I withdrew I told my friends: 'The Master teaches none by their age or decay — the heart of the humane that pities all.'
- 闾东本，「道路」作「大路」。