操持身心，收放自如
Minding the body and mind,
Freedom in indulgence
and restraint.
1.
白居易说：
人生要放任自己的身心，
一切听由自然造化。
Bai Juyi once said:
It"s best to release the mind and
body and blindly follow creation.
2.
晁补之说：
人生要收敛自己的身心，
寂静不动使之归于寂定。
Chao Buzhi said: It"s best to restrain
the mind and body and wholly
return to tranquillity.
3.
但过于放任而不加检束，
则易流于狂妄放荡。
An indulgent person can
slide into recklessness.
4.
过于收敛而不知调剂，
则易于流于枯寂死沉。
A restrained person can
lapse into boorishness.
5.
只有善于操持自己身心，
掌握重点，才能达到
收放自如的境界
Only the person who can manage
his body and mind well can be as
indulgent or tranquil as he pleases.
（总而言之）
过于放任或过于收敛身心
都失于偏颇乖违。
执其中道而行，
不偏不倚才能超凡入圣。
Overindulgence and too much
restraint are both extreme behavior.
Only by walking the middle path
and not straying to either extreme
can you transcend the ordinary
and enter sageliness.
