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Confucianism -> Yangzi Fayan -> Asking About Shen -> 1

」。Someone asked about shen.
:「。」Yangzi said: It is a matter of using the xin.
。」May I ask about it?
Yangzi said:
Immerse yourself in Heaven, and you will understand Heaven.
Immerse yourself in Earth, and you will understand Earth.
Heaven and Earth
are the unfathomable daimonic,
but once the xin is immersed in them,
then one may fathom them.
How much more so with men?
?」 How much more so with the principles of worldly affairs?
May I dare ask about immersing the xin in sagehood?
Yangzi said:
In the past,
仲尼文王 Confucius immersed himself in King Wen,
and he reached him.
顏淵仲尼 Yan Yuan also immersed himself in Confucius,
and failed to reach him only by a little bit.
Shen simply lies in immersion and that's all.


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