“隐机”一词,在《庄子》和《孟子》中使用最早。历来注家,训隐为“凭倚”、机为“几案”。《庄子·齐物论》曰:“南郭子綦隐机而坐,仰天而嘘,答焉似丧其偶。颜成子游立侍乎前,曰:‘何居乎?形故可使如槁木,而心故可如死灰乎?今之隐机者,非昔之隐机者也。’子綦曰:‘偃,不亦善乎,而问之 The term ”hidden machine“ is the earliest used in ”Zhuangzi“ and ”Mencius“. Always note home, training hidden as ”by leaning “, the machine is ”several cases “. ”Zhuangzi Qi things theory“ reads: ”Nan Guozi Zi hidden machine while sitting, the sky and Shushu, Yurui seems funeral even. Alder, but the heart can be as dead as gray? This hidden person, the past, the hidden machine also. ’Sub 綦 said:’ Yan, not good asks, and asked