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以下门人陆澄录 第19条

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孟源有自是好名之病,先生屡责之。一日警责方已,一友自陈日来工夫请正。源从傍曰:“此方是寻着源旧时家当。”先生曰:“尔病又发。”源色变,议拟欲有所辩。先生曰:“尔病又发。”因喻之曰:“此是汝一生大病根。譬如方丈地内,种此一大树,雨露之滋,土脉之力,只滋养得这个大根;四傍纵要种些嘉榖,上面被此树叶遮覆,下面被此树根盘结,如何生长得成?须用伐去此树,纤根勿留,方可种植嘉种。不然,任汝耕耘培壅,只是滋养得此根。”

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