There is a marvelous similarity between the outlook of this Western scholar and the saying we Chinese have, "View the myriad things of the world with a tranquil heart," or the proverb from The Great Learning, one of the four Confucian classics, "After stillness one can reflect, after reflection one can attain," or the Buddhist practice of facing a wall in meditation.
這位西方學者的見解，與我們中國「萬物靜觀皆自得」和在中國的四書裡《大學》中的「靜而後能慮，慮而後能得」的哲理及佛家的「面壁」，均有異曲同工之妙。