禪就是剛中的柔,柔中有剛,剛柔相濟;
Zen is about gentleness within strength, and strength within gentleness. Strength and gentleness complement each other.
需要剛時剛強,需要柔時則柔軟。
We should be strong when the situation warrants it and be gentle when the need arises.
剛太硬會折斷,太過於柔軟又不能成事。
If strength is stretched to its limit, it will break. On the other hand, we cannot get things done if we are too gentle.