《菜根谭》是明朝还初道人洪应明收集编著的一部论述修养、人生、处世、出世的语录集，为旷古稀世的奇珍宝训。对于人的正心修身、养性育德，有不可思议的潜移默化的力量。其文字简炼明隽，兼采雅俗。似语录，而有语录所没有的趣味；似随笔，而有随笔所不易及的整饬；似训诫，而有训诫所缺乏的亲切醒豁；且有雨余山色，夜静钟声，点染其间，其所言清霏有味，风月无边。

洪应明·《菜根谭》

名根未拔者，纵轻千乘甘一瓢，总堕尘情；客气未融者，虽泽四海利万世，终为剩技。

A man who has not uprooted his hankering for fame and fortune, even if he disdains enormous wealth and delights in plain living, will in the end descend to the level of the vulgar world. A man who has not eradicated all baleful external influences from his nature, even if his benevolence extends to all the world and for ten thousand generations, will show no more than futile gestures.

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