In volume 10 of the Zhu Zi Jin Si Lu, the question of the amount of qi of the past is discussed. The beginning of the problem is that when people exchange views with each other, they often expect others to abandon their own views and follow their own views, lacking the arrogance of tolerance. Cheng Yi affirmed this, which was both uneven and caused by the narrow volume of qi. People are different from person to person, and the amount of qi is also different. Under normal circumstances, people's qi volume grows with the growth of insight. However, there are also people who are very knowledgeable, but they do not have enough gas. That can only mean that this person's insight is really insight. Cheng Yi believes that in general, many things can be forced, and only insight and strength are barely possible.
For example, some people's qi is as large as a bucket, some people's qi is as big as Zhong Ding, and some people's qi is like a big river. For example, the amount of gas in large rivers is large enough, but in the end, it is limited. In the end, the amount of qi that is not as great as that of heaven and earth is boundless. Therefore, the strength of the saint is not full. The saints are always with the Word. The amount of qi of ordinary people is given by heaven, so it is limited, and when encountering things, it will behave differently than usual.
Deng Aiguan was as high as the Three Dukes. By the age of seventy, he was very well done with all kinds of things. Later, because of the merit of calming Ben Shu, his heart was shaken. This is the manifestation of limited gas volume. After Xie An heard the news that his nephew had attacked Jian Jian, he was playing chess with the guests at the time, and did not show any joy. When I finished playing chess and arrived in the back room, I was so excited that I broke my shoes. This is also a manifestation of the limited amount of gas. Zeng Guofan was worried at home, wrote to the imperial court, and clearly asked for resignation as a struggle for power, and after being recognized by the imperial court, he was approved by shunshi, and Zeng Guofan was depressed in his heart for a long time. This is also a manifestation of insufficient gas volume.
Therefore, the amount of gas cannot be forced.
Similar to this: for example, a person is more respectful and modest after drinking, and often the world will think that this popularity is very large, in fact, this is also a manifestation of insufficient gas. This is the same as the behavior of wanton behavior after drinking, which is shaken by the wine and affects the amount of qi. For example, as a person's official position becomes larger, he behaves more modestly than before, and he is also shaken by the official position, which affects the amount of qi. This kind of influence, after all, is to show the "atmospheric volume", not his own true gas volume.
Only a man like a saint, a man who understands the truth of the Dao, does not change his qi and mind as the outside world changes. It is both as if it does not move, but also as always.
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