Yin Fu-4
Yin Fu-4;
4.1
Close one convenient door, ten people begin to learn to open other doors,
it's hard for people to figure out what they think about day and night in private.
People should be cautious about external things,
and their hearts will change because of external things.
絕利一源,用師十倍。
三返晝夜,用師萬倍。
心生于物,死于物,機在于目。
4.2
The wind and the clouds do not give human grace,
but human beings pray for them.
Thunder and storm make all living things shiver,
If you want to be happy,
you have to respect your personality.
if one want to get peace,
one need to clear the blocks in his heart.
天之無恩而大恩生,
迅雷烈風(fēng)莫不蠢然。
至樂性余,至靜性廉。
4.3
The law of things is understood privately,
but the truth should be embodied in others.
The laws of things are understood privately,
but all actions should not go against the laws of nature.
The time is between my breathing,
and what does it have to do with status?
Survival is the basis of death,
and death is the basis of survival.
Evil is the father of virtue,
virtue is the father of evil.
天之至私,用之至公。
禽之制在氣。
生者死之根,死者生之根。
恩生于害,害生于恩。
4.4
The fool fears the changes of the universe and the earth,
I learn about the changes in the universe and the earth.
How stupid it is for a tiger to swallow an elephant !
I'm an ordinary man farming and fishing.
Waiting for others will be dizzy,
I don't like waiting for others,
I act independently.
I'm sorry to say that,
falling into the water or being burned are mostly self inflicted troubles.
愚人以天地文理圣,我以時物文理哲。
人以虞愚,我以不虞圣。
人以期其,我以不期其圣。
故曰沉水入火,自取滅亡。
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參考資料:<陰符>,<爾雅>,漢英詞典。