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子列子学于壶丘子林。壶丘子林曰：子知持后则可言持身矣。列子曰：顾持身可以持后。壶丘子林曰：顾观子之持身也。列子曰：吾持身也若木之持根也，持后也若木之持末也。

壶丘子林曰：是犹未也。夫持身持后者，犹木之有本末也。木之有本末也，审而后持之。本末既审，持之固有道矣。

列子曰：吾闻之也，持后之道莫如慎。慎之一也，然后可以持后矣。壶丘子林曰：善哉！子之问也。夫慎者，持后之本也。