聖人治未明,防未亂,姦偽不得由生;華佗攻脈理,絕邪氣,癰疽不得成形。
聖人在修養自身德性時,從格物致知開始做起,時時觀察自身言行的起心動念為何,從一個細微的念頭來預防災禍的發生;就如同華佗治症時從脈理下手,斷絕病症的邪氣,從根本上治療,癰疽便沒有機會成形。
An enlightened person governs when the situation is not yet clear and prevents chaos when it is yet to happen, so that adultery and hypocrisy shall not occur. The famous ancient Chinese physician Hua Tuo works at the relationship between a patient’s pulse and his illness and stops the evil Chi inside his body, so that carbuncle and abscess shall not take shape.