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《问明卷第六 - Asking About Seeing Clearly》 | English translation: Jeffrey S. Bullock [?] | Library Resources |
| 11 | 问明卷第... : | 或问“命”。曰：“命者，天之命也，非人为也。人为不为命。”“请问人为。”曰：“可以存亡，可以死生，非命也。命不可避也。”或曰：“颜氏之子，冉氏之孙。”曰：“以其无避也。若立岩墙之下，动而征病，行而招死，命乎！命乎！” |
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Someone asked about fate. Yangzi said: Fate is Tian's decree, it is not man's doing. What is effected by man is not fate. May I ask what you mean by "effected by man?" Yangzi said: Situations in which one may either survive or perish, live or die, are not matters of fate. Fate is what cannot be avoided. The other said: What about Yan Yuan and Ran Geng? Yangzi said: Because of fate, they could not avoid an early death. But if you choose to stand under a wall that is about to collapse, where moving will summon disaster and any action will result in death, is that fate? |
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