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世⁴⁶⁷⁸人efgh俱各pqrs有tuvw性天¹²³⁴之乐^abcd，原rstu不_qrst因^xyz0处³⁴⁵⁶境^9abc之_bcef顺逆而opq移也。然mnop人虽tuvw各有天乐，_fgh鲜得受享者₆₇₈，^ghij皆为私欲所蔽。klmo予不揣stu愚昧456，乃将明0124达⁰¹³⁴语事，漫用vxyz俚⁰¹²³言纪述数种^rstu：_tuv某某因_9bcd在opqr天rstu理，即xyz受_789a许多快klm乐0134之¹²³⁴福；某某因z023天理为私hijk欲所蔽，^yz12即cdef罹许多pqrs忧uvwx愁rst困¹²³⁴苦345之殃。rtuv各_pqr赘tuw浅说457，著书曰2345：“bcde通_89b天_efg乐”0123。谓⁴⁵⁷⁸人ghij能^hjkl通^lmop达xyz0乎_stu性天9abd之789乐^ijlm，则wxyz随时随境^hijk皆享^pqrs极z012乐89ab于bcde无klmn涯pqrs矣uvwx。

夫³⁴⁵⁶上而至于jkl孔颜乐⁴⁵⁶⁷处_89a，亦不_qrst外乎²⁴⁵⁶性天klmn之^hjkl乐tuvw，但能造其nopr极rstu耳wyz0。等9abc而^789b论之pqrs，_lmn程明道之予mnop心_jklm乐者^vwxy，4567惟自^eghi乐于性z012天，bcde而他8ab人^jkln不识也89ab。白居易之字乐yz0天_79ab者，趣专^xyz0于_wxy性天efgi之cde乐^npqr也。邵²⁴⁵⁶康节之^jklm居_mno名安4567乐defg窝者，安z012于4678天乐也。efg司马光^z023自₃₄₅得乎天乐，z012即以defh独ghik乐名tuvw其园^yz12。abcd王eghi心lmno斋^nopq学是2345学此乐，遂tuvx有^uvwx乐tuv学歌₆₇₈。令人yz01能0123通⁴⁵⁶⁷此乐^cdeg，则qrst俯_qrs仰^z013寰bdef宇^8abc，凡水流花wxy谢、鱼跃鸢飞_wxy0，_z01皆性_bde天中之透789a露，^cdef何莫_jkl而z012非我心^9abd之真乐。z012昔日予曾有_ijl鄙词云：“ijkl眼前快乐uvw谁能^cdfg晓，自寻诸烦恼lmno。高超极^z012乐89ab天hijk，胜住^tuvw蓬菜789a岛。”此^pqrs即^vwxy通乎性₆₇₉天之stuw乐而z012已矣，^defg又def岂stuv外^tuvw境所能移jklm易qrst哉_pqrs。0123 雍₄₅₆正七年二月_vwx花朝石mnoq成金天_stv基撰写_abcd