问：「延平云：『当理而无私心。』『当理』与『无私心』如何分别？」
先生曰：「心即理也，『无私心』即是『当理』，未『当理』便是私心。若析心与理言之，恐亦未善。」
又问：「释氏于世间一切情欲之私，都不染著，似无私心。但外弃人伦，却似[1]未『当理』。」
曰：「亦只是一统事，都只是成就他一个私己的心。」[2]
有人问：「李延平说：『当理而无私心。』『当理』与『无私心』怎样分别？」
先生说：「心就是理，『无私心』就是『当理』，不合『当理』便是私心。若把心与理分开来讲，恐怕也不妥当。」
又问：「佛家对世间一切情欲之私都不沾染，似乎无私心；但抛弃人伦于外，却似乎不合『当理』。」
答：「其实也只是同一件事，都只是成就了他一个利己的心。」
Someone asked: 'Yanping said: according with principle and without selfish mind. How do according with principle and freedom from selfishness differ?'
The Master said: 'The mind is principle: without selfishness is according with principle; off principle is selfishness. To split mind and principle apart in speech is also unfitting.'
Asked further: 'The Buddhists cling to none of the world's private passions — seemingly without selfishness — yet abandoning human relations seems off principle.'
'In truth it is one affair: all of it only perfecting a self-serving mind.'
- 俞本，「却似」作「却是」。
- 南本，此下有「右门人陆澄录」。