三五七、不減求增 桎梏此生

357. Those who do not seek to save the troubles but strive to increase them instead are simply fettering themselves.

人生減省一分，便超脫一分。如交遊減便免紛擾；言語減便寡愆尤①，思慮減則精神不耗，聰明減則混沌可完②。彼不求日減而求日增者，真桎梏此生哉！