True manner is when empty words are omitted,
while sincerity and respect upheld.

True standard is when the meretricious is admonished,
while frugality advocated.

True dealing is when distance from the cunning and
fawning is kept, while gap with the benevolent and honest closed.

True stance is when awareness in cause and effect is
shown, and distinction between transgression
and merit maintained.

True tradition is when contentment in tranquility
and simplicity is shown, while shame in
deliberate pursuits felt.

── from Dajue Puji Nengren Yulin Xiu Guoshi Yulu
(Records of the National Master Yulin)

Thus is the mind, thus the Buddha,
yet the true is untrue;

What is not the Buddha is not the mind,
while the untrue is true.

Try severing both the true and untrue
in sitting meditation;

Who cares what the mind
and the Buddha rely on?

── from Fo Guang Jiaokeshu Wang Wei's Poetry by Yong Zheng
(FGS Essential Guide to Buddhism)

Learn the Way as if guarding city walls;

Prevent the six thieves^* during the day
and remain alert when night falls.

The general is capable of issuing orders:

Weapons are not to be raised to ensure peace.

── from Daming Gaoseng Zhuan
(Biographies of Eminent Monks of the Ming Dynasty)
* “Six thieves” refer to the field of form, field of sound, field of odor, gustatory field, tactile field, and conceptual field.