Kano onyo loko ki owegi ma i yot pa jwiketo. Lok mane woko loke ki kato kila lo ang'o—oyo ki wan i tuko ma pe alok. Ngo ma pe kela pe onego olo ki.
Key Concepts
为学
为道
无为
损
Cite This Chapter
Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 48, "Jwiketo kendo Jwiketo", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/alz/chapters/48/
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Original
为学日益，为道日损。损之又损，以至于无为。无为而无不为。
取天下常以无事，及其有事，不足以取天下。
Lokrubo
Kaname woko loke, kila lo ang'o ni loko. Kaname woko loke ki, kila lo ang'o ni kato. Kato ni kato, oko ki wan i tuko ma pe alok. Mamo tuko ma pe alok, pe en kede ma pe loki. Dwara owegi ka i tuko ma pe agongora. Nga'i onge kede, pe ogwena dwara owegi.
Parenyo Matek
Izibuko man opuoyo ango?
Kano onyo loko ki owegi ma i yot pa jwiketo. Lok mane woko loke ki kato kila lo ang'o—oyo ki wan i tuko ma pe alok. Ngo ma pe kela pe onego olo ki.
Tiyo kwede kwanena ango?
An maro adungi ma kano a jwiketo ma maber. Ang'oeto kede ki i yot man—ang'o kato ki owadagi, oko ki wan i kipimo ma pe angungora kendo pe amako. An maro akato ka ing'eye piyo maber.
Atim ango kawena?
Laro nyingi nyaka laro adiera ki i kipimo ma an maro aketo. Kaname woko loke ki kato kede ki i kipimo, kato ki kato, oko ki wan i tuko ma pe alok.
He who devotes himself to learning (seeks) from day to day to increase (his knowledge); he who devotes himself to the Tao (seeks) from day to day to diminish (his doing). He diminishes it and again diminishes it, till he arrives at doing nothing (on purpose). Having arrived at this point of non-action, there is nothing which he does not do.
AI Modern
Kaname woko loke, kila lo ang'o ni loko. Kaname woko loke ki, kila lo ang'o ni kato. Kato ni kato, oko ki wan i tuko ma pe alok. Mamo tuko ma pe alok, pe en kede ma pe loki. Dwara owegi ka i tuko ma pe agongora. Nga'i onge kede, pe ogwena dwara owegi.
Lum Wage
What does this chapter inspire in you? How will you apply it?
