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一位弟即将辞别大师,重返他的家业。临行前,他请求大师赠言。
大师说:
「好好体会下面的话:
火无冷热,是你感觉冷热。
眼睛看不见,是你看见。
画圈的不是圆规,而是那制图的人。」
INSTRUMENTALITY
When a disciple came to take leave of the Master so that he could return to his family
and business, he asked for something to carry away with him.
Said the Master, “Ponder on these things: It is not the fire that is hot, but you who feel
it so.
It is not the eye that sees but you.
It is not the compass that makes the circle but the draughtsman.”