機械

機械製造業

machinery manufacturing industry

爲圃者忿然作色而笑曰：“吾聞之吾師，有機械者必有機事，有機事者必有機心。機心存於胷中則純白不備，純白不備則神生不定。”

Though his face was flushed with anger, the gardener grinned and said, "My teacher once told me that a man who employs an ingenious machine must perform ingenious deeds, and that he who performs ingenious deeds must possess an ingenious mind. A man with an ingenious mind will not be pure and simple; a man without a pure and simple mind will have an unrestful spirit."

明於權計，審於地形、舟車、機械之利，用力少，致功大，則入多。

If weights and measures are rendered clear, if the land forms are surveyed carefully, and if boats, carts, and other mechanical contrivances are utilised to minimize effort and produce the maximum amount of efficiency, then the revenue shall be plentiful.