师父要徒弟以镜子为师,徒弟不解。师父解释说“:其一,不管什么东西,只要放到镜子前面都映得出;但东西移开,镜子里不留余影,这叫物来则应,过去不留。你能做到事来则应,事过即忘吗?”“不能。”徒弟说。“其二,帝王将相来照镜子,镜子不会因崇拜而加倍细心;乞丐来照镜子,镜子也不会因厌恶而应付了事。这就叫在圣不增,在凡不减。与圣人居而不喜,与凡夫居而不忧。 Master apprentice to the mirror as a teacher, apprentice puzzled. Master explained: ”First, no matter what, just put it in front of the mirror are reflected; but things move away, leaving no residue in the mirror, this thing should be, but not in the past you can do Things should be, things forget it? “” Can not. “Apprentice said. ”Second, the emperors will look in the mirror, the mirror will not be more careful because of worship; beggars to look in the mirror, the mirror will not deal with things because of repugnance. Do not like living with the saint, and where the husband resides without worry.