(Those who) possessed in highest degree the attributes (of the Tao) did not (seek) to cultivate them, and thus they were possessed of them (in the highest degree). Thus it was that when the Tao was lost, its attributes appeared; when its attributes were lost, benevolence appeared; when benevolence was lost, righteousness appeared; and when righteousness was lost, the proprieties appeared.
AI Yapya
Ubuzhi bunsolefwike tabulambi ubuzhi, kona buli nobuzhi. Ubuzhi bubili tabuli ubuzhi. Ubuzhi bunsolefwike tamukela kukola, taupanga buwunge. Ubuzhi bubili bukolela, bupanga buphandu. Ifubyeto shikulungu shikola, taupanga buwunge. Ubulungani bwakulimbana bupanga buphandu. Ubufwatanyo bukolela, tebuwina uwo wangula, kona babwelesha amaboko yabo. Efyo, Mfumo yakolwa, kona ibili ubuzhi; ubuzhi yakolwa, kona ibili ifubyeto; ifubyeto yakolwa, kona ibili ubulungani; ubulungani yakolwa, kona ibili bufwatanyo. Ubufwatanyo buli ubukete bwamakambo, nomulilo wamabuko. Abantu abali nakusunganya Mfumo buli amabushi ya Mfumo, nokupela kwabo. Efyo umusokoshi uli muberenge bupwa, tabuli muberenge butali. Ulisungilwa ubumi, teli mu mabushi. Kona upeleko obo, ufwilemo obu.
Ifwilikisho lyange
Ishinde limo bula ne mfwa shani? Ulufwaya ukulisumina?
