ZZYL 1:2a/11
GB:天下未有无理之气，亦未有无气之理。 Interlinear note: 气以成形，而理亦赋。 铢。
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ぱゼΤ礚瞶ぇョゼΤ礚ぇ瞶 Interlinear note: Θτ瞶ョ结 凰
Text from Wesleyan e-text project, checked against Zhu Zi Yu-lei Da-quan text.
[Zhu Xi said:] "There is no lifebreath in the world that is without its li, and no li in the world that is without its lifebreath."
Note: Lifebreath produces forms and li is endowed therein.
[Recorded by the disciple Zhu.]
PEM Commentary:Be sure to note that the words of Zhu Xi quoted above pertain to things "in the world." The Tai-ji is called a Li, but it is not "in the world," and there is never anything said by Zhu Xi to the effect that there is a Lifebreath that corresponds to it. In other words, there is no entity such that Li (or Tai-ji) is its aspect of form and Lifebreath is its aspect of materiality. |||
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Note: I have corrected one character in the above text according to the Zhu Zi Yu-lei Da-quan text.