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N'glata kɛ sɛnɛ yɛlɛ

不争谦下曲全抱一

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N'zan kwa fɔ sɔrɔ kɛ n'gban. Lɔ kɛ nyɔ, mɔ kɛ lɔ; fɛfɛ kɛ nyɔ, mɔ kɛ toto; dugutee kɛ nyɔ, mɔ kɛ fɔfɔ; bɔlɔ kɛ nyɔ, mɔ kɛ luran. N'zan kwa bɛ fiɛn bɔlɔ, a kɔ bɛ bɔlɔ fɔfɔ. Mɔ bɛ sɔrɔ bɔlɔ, a kɔ bɛ bɔlɔ toto.

Key Concepts

不争
谦下
曲全
抱一

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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 22, "N'glata kɛ sɛnɛ yɛlɛ", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/bci/chapters/22/

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Ninnan

曲则全，枉则直，洼则盈，敝则新，少则得，多则惑。
是以圣人抱一为天下式。不自见故明，不自是故彰，不自伐故有功，不自矜故长。
夫唯不争，故天下莫能与之争。古之所谓曲则全者，岂虚言哉！诚全而归之。

Yiyisi

N'glata kɛ sɛnɛ yɛlɛ, mɔ mɔ kɛ lɔ lɔ; fɛfɛ kɛ n'gban'n'gban, mɔ kɛ toto; dugutee kɛ fa kan, mɔ kɛ fɔfɔ; bɔlɔ kɛ lɔ, mɔ kɛ luran. A ka ko n'ga bɛɛ la, n'ga kɔ fiɛn; n'gan'n'ga kɔ fa sɔrɔ, a ka lɔ kɛɛ. N'zan lura fɔ, n'gban fɔ, a kɛ waa kɛ yɛlɛ kɛ. A kɛ bɛlɛ bɔlɔ, n'gban kɛ bɛlɛ, nyinyi kɛ bɛlɛ, nyɛ kɛ bɛlɛ. N'gban'n'gan bɛ mɔ n'gban, a kɔ ko a toto; a kɛ bɔlɔ, a kɔ fa a fɔfɔ; a kɛ nyinyi, a kɔ ko a nyon; a kɛ nyɛ, a kɔ luran a. A ka lo kɛ mɔ n'gban, a fɔ tara. A bɛ kɔ kɛ mɔ n'gban kɛ, a kɔ yɛlɛ. A bɛ fiɛn lɔ kɛ, a bɛ yɛlɛ. A bɛ sɔrɔ mɔ n'gban kɛ, a kɔ fiɛn. A bɛ waa kɛ, a kɔ lo a lo. N'zan kwa kɛ bɛɛ bɔlɔ, a kɔ bɛ n'gban kɛ. A bɛ bɔlɔ n'gban kɛ, a kɔ bɛ bɔlɔ. N'zan kwa, fɔfɔ kɛ bɔlɔ, kɛ bɔlɔ fɔfɔ, kɛ bɔlɔ kwa.

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A kpɛna a m' nannan?

N'zan kwa bɛ taa kwa n'gban fɔ mɔ. N'gan kwa kɛ mɔ n'gban n'gban. N'zan kwa fɔ, bɔlɔ bɛ fiɛn, a kɔ bɛ fɔfɔ; n'gban bɛ fiɛn, a kɔ bɛ toto. A bɛ fɔ mɔ n'gban n'gban, a kɔ fiɛn fɔfɔ.

Bʋʋ kpan kpɩnn yɩ?

N'zan kwa fɔ, n'gban bɔlɔ n'gban kɛ. N'zan kwa fɔ n'gban, a bɛ lo bɔlɔ fɔfɔ. A bɛ ko mɔ bɔlɔ, a kɔ lɔ bɔlɔ nyɔ.

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