注：○感应：神明之响应人事也。颜之推 《颜氏家训·归心》：“神通感应，不可思量。”刘知几 《史通·书事》：“幽明感应，祸福萌兆则书之。”○灵枢：天枢也，北斗之第一星。秦观《代贺兴龙节表》：“大吕飞灰，爰属星回之序；灵枢绕电，实当圣诞之期。”以译原文“万物之格度”也。○先天太极图：亦名天地自然之图，云是陈抟所传，宋儒之说也。重画之，即译原文之重铸万物也。○原文云：“所欢乎！彼真能与吾汝同心耶？尽握万物之格度。我辈乃不必先毁之，而后从心以铸之也。”
Ah Love! could you and I with Him conspire
To grasp this sorry Scheme of Things entire,
Would not we shatter it to bits——and then
Re-mould it nearer to the Heart's Desire!