《菜根譚》是明朝還初道人洪應明收集編著的一部論述修養(yǎng)、人生、處世、出世的語錄集,為曠古稀世的奇珍寶訓。對于人的正心修身、養(yǎng)性育德,有不可思議的潛移默化的力量。其文字簡煉明雋,兼采雅俗。似語錄,而有語錄所沒有的趣味;似隨筆,而有隨筆所不易及的整飭;似訓誡,而有訓誡所缺乏的親切醒豁;且有雨余山色,夜靜鐘聲,點染其間,其所言清霏有味,風月無邊。
《菜根譚·兢業(yè)的心思 瀟灑的趣味》 洪應明
學者有段兢業(yè)的心思,又要有段瀟灑的趣味。若一味斂束清苦,是有秋殺無春生,何以發(fā)育萬物?
Although a scholar should be circumspect in his behaviour, he should also have a lively and untrammeled spirit. What will happen if he exercises self-restraint to such an extent as to allow himself nothing other than a Spartan living? It will be just like having a world always in the grip of autumn's decay and bereft of spring's vigour. How then can the universe flourish?