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Wei, Jin, and North-South -> 抱朴子 -> 内篇 -> 勤求 -> 5 - Parallel passages[More information]
抱朴子曰:“昔者之著道书多矣,莫不务广浮巧之言,以崇玄虚之旨,未有究论长生之阶径,箴砭为道之病痛,如吾之勤勤者也。实欲令迷者知反,失之东隅,收之桑榆,坠井引绠,愈于遂没。但惜美疢而距恶石者,不可如何耳。人谁无过,过而能改,日月之蚀,睎颜氏之子也。又欲使将来之好生道者,审于所托,故竭其忠告之良谋,而不饰淫丽之言,言发则指切,笔下则辞痛,惜在于长生而折抑邪耳,何所索哉?”