马有四种：[1] 其最上良马，见鞭影而驰，不待驱策；[2] 次则一鞭即走；[3] 又次之鞭轻不走，鞭重方走；[4] 其最下驽马，鞭重亦不走，必锥入于肤，痛极而始走。
Horses have four kinds. [1] Those most superior good horses, seeing the whip’s shadow then gallop, do not wait to be forced by the whip. [2] Those second are then with one whip immediately walking. [3] Again, second to those, are with whipping lightly not walking, with whipping heavily then walking. [4] Those most inferior and incompetent horses, are with whipping heavily also not walking, who must be with an awl (pointed object) entering the skin, with pain extreme then beginning to walk.
人亦如是。[1] 有智慧者，易于醒觉，百里内闻人死，即当骇曰：「百里内有人死矣，吾亦人也，死必及我。」作速修行，以求解脱。此见鞭影而驰者也。[2] 其次则见亲戚死而觉悟。[3] 又其次见逼邻人死，而后觉悟。[4] 若待自己年老，或自己有病，而后觉悟，已是锥入肤而后走者。[5] 倘或年老犹不觉悟，或已病犹不觉悟，岂非并此而不若者乎？
Humans are also like these. [1] Those who have wisdom, are easy to be awakened. Within a hundred lǐs, hearing about humans dying, they will immediately be terrified, saying, ‘As within a hundred lǐs has humans dying, and I also am a human, death will definitely reach me.’ Starting quickly to cultivate practice, with this seeking liberation. These are those seeing the whip’s shadow then galloping. [2] Those second, then seeing relatives dying, then awake. [3] Again, those second, seeing persons approaching death, then after awake. [4] If waiting until oneself is with years old, perhaps with oneself having sickness, then after awaking, those already are with the awl entering the skin, then after walking. [5] If perhaps with years old still not awaking, perhaps already with sickness still not awaking, how can there be those resembling this, yet not worse?
玉峰怀西居士周梦颜安士氏汇辑
By Yùfēng’s Layperson Huáixī, Zhōu Mèngyán And Ānshì’s Clan Collected And Compiled
《安士全书》：西归直指：卷三：启信杂说
Ānshì’s Complete Book: Western Pure Land’s Return’s Direct Pointers: Scroll Three: Miscellaneous Essays For Awakening Faith
