Chapter 55 says that one filled with virtue is like a newborn child. Hornets, wild beasts, and birds of prey do not harm it. Its bones are weak and sinews soft, yet its grip is firm. It cries all day yet never hoarse—this is perfect harmony. Knowing harmony is knowing constancy; knowing constancy is clarity. But forcing vitality leads to decay, for what reaches its peak is already declining.
Key Concepts
赤子
含德
和
精
Cite This Chapter
Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 55, "Keujeung Nyang Teupeumeujeut That-That Ngon Aneuk Syeurulam Barô", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/ace/chapters/55/
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Keujeung nyang teupeumeujeut that-that, lagèe ngon aneuk syeurulam barô. Rampa that-that han reueh jih, leumo lintoe han ka that-that jih, manuk bôkô han tulôn jih. Tungka jih leumeh, ureuëng jih lo, meunan goh that-that jih kuk. Han muprang that-that peujôôt lintoe ngon lintoe, meunan goh that-that jih ô that-that—keujeung-peuet jih! Pèh that-that si uroë han he, that-that—keujeung-peuet jih! Tapha that-that lagèe keuzeuilleun that-that that-that; tapha that-that that-that lagèe muprang that-that. Bah that-that keuzeuilleun that-that lagèe that-that; that-that lagèe that-that. Meunan that-that jih that-that lagèe that-that, that-that that-that lagèe that-that. That-that that-that lagèe that-that, lagèe that-that that-that, that-that that-that that-that!
Renungan Dalam
Peue nyang bab nyoe tentang?
Chapter 55 says that one filled with virtue is like a newborn child. Hornets, wild beasts, and birds of prey do not harm it. Its bones are weak and sinews soft, yet its grip is firm. It cries all day yet never hoarse—this is perfect harmony. Knowing harmony is knowing constancy; knowing constancy is clarity. But forcing vitality leads to decay, for what reaches its peak is already declining.
Pakri hubunganjih ngon lon?
I recognize that true virtue is not strength through force, but strength through softness, through naturalness, through harmony. Like the newborn, the one who dwells in the Tao is not separate from the flow of things. The moment we grasp, we begin to lose. The moment we know the union, we begin to leave it.
Peue nyang patot lon pubuet uroe nyoe?
Today I will practice softening. When I feel the impulse to force, to grasp, to control—I will pause and breathe. I will return to the quiet center where I am like water, yielding yet undestroyed. I will ask: am I in harmony, or am I grasping?
He who has in himself abundantly the attributes (of the Tao) is like an infant. Poisonous insects will not sting him; fierce beasts will not seize him; birds of prey will not strike him. (The infant's) bones are weak and its sinews soft, but yet its grasp is firm. When things have become strong, they (then) become old, which may be said to be contrary to the Tao. Whatever is contrary to the Tao soon ends.
AI Moden
Keujeung nyang teupeumeujeut that-that, lagèe ngon aneuk syeurulam barô. Rampa that-that han reueh jih, leumo lintoe han ka that-that jih, manuk bôkô han tulôn jih. Tungka jih leumeh, ureuëng jih lo, meunan goh that-that jih kuk. Han muprang that-that peujôôt lintoe ngon lintoe, meunan goh that-that jih ô that-that—keujeung-peuet jih! Pèh that-that si uroë han he, that-that—keujeung-peuet jih! Tapha that-that lagèe keuzeuilleun that-that that-that; tapha that-that that-that lagèe muprang that-that. Bah that-that keuzeuilleun that-that lagèe that-that; that-that lagèe that-that. Meunan that-that jih that-that lagèe that-that, that-that that-that lagèe that-that. That-that that-that lagèe that-that, lagèe that-that that-that, that-that that-that that-that!
Renungan Lon
Peue nyang bab nyoe peugah bak gata? Pakri gata akan pubuet?
