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门人陈九川录 第202条
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九川问:“近年因厌泛滥之学,每要静坐,求屏息念虑;非惟不能,愈觉扰扰。如何?”先生曰:“念如何可息?只是要正。”曰:“当自有无念时否?”先生曰:“实无无念时。”曰:“如此却如何言静?”曰:“静未尝不动,动未尝不静。戒谨恐惧即是念,何分动静?”曰:“周子何以言‘定之以中正仁义而主静’?”曰:“无欲故静,是‘静亦定,动亦定’的定字;主其本体也。戒惧之念,是活泼泼地,此是天机不息处。所谓:‘维天之命,于穆不已。’一息便是死。非本体之念,则是私念。”
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