Chapter 1

ⴰⵣⵣⵓⵍ ⴰⵎⵎⴰⵙⴰⵍ ⴷ ⴰⵔⵉⵔ ⴰⴽⴰⵢ

道名无有玄

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ⴰⵣⵣⵓⵍ ⴰⴽⴰⵢ ⴰⵙⵓⵎⵔⵉⵔⵓⵏ ⴰⵎⵎⴰⵙⴰⵍ ⴰⵎⵓⵔⵉⵏⵉⵏ ⵉⵣⴰⵍⴰⵍ ⵉⵙⵓⵎⵓⵔⵉⵏⵉⵏ ⵉⵎⵓⵣⵓⵎⵉⵔⵓⵏ ⵉⵎⴰⵙⴰⵍⵓⵏ ⵉⴱⴳⴰⵏⵏⵉⵏⵏⵓⵔⵉⵏ ⵉⵎⵓⵣⵓⵎⵉⵔⵓⵏ ⵉⵙⵓⵎⵓⵔⵉⵏⵉⵏ ⵓⵙⵓⵎⵔⵉⵔ ⴷ ⵓⵙⵎⴰⵙⴰⵍⵓⵏ ⵉⵙⵓⵎⵓⵔⵉⵏⵉⵏ

Key Concepts

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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 1, "ⴰⵣⵣⵓⵍ ⴰⵎⵎⴰⵙⴰⵍ ⴷ ⴰⵔⵉⵔ ⴰⴽⴰⵢ", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/ber-Tfng/chapters/1/

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Original

道可道，非常道；名可名，非常名。
无名天地之始，有名万物之母。
故常无欲，以观其妙；常有欲，以观其徼。
此两者同出而异名，同谓之玄。玄之又玄，众妙之门。

ⵜⴰⴼⵙⵙⵓⵜ

ⴰⵣⵣⵓⵍ ⴰⵎⵎⴰⵙⴰⵍ ⴷ ⴰⵔⵉⵔ ⴰⴽⴰⵢ ⴰⵔⵉⵇⵓⵏⵏⵉⵏ ⴷ ⴰⵔⵉⵔ ⴰⴽⴰⵢ ⴰⵎⵎⵓⵣⵓⴽⴰⵍⴰⵏⵉⵏⵉⵏⵉⵏⴽⴰⵍⴰⵏ ⴷ ⵓⵙⵎⵎⴰⵙⴰⵍⵓⵏ ⴷ ⵓⴱⴷⵉⵔⵉⵔ ⵓⵙⵎⵓⵔⵉⵔⵓⵏⵏⵉⵏ ⴰⵔⵉⵔ ⴰⴽⴰⵢ ⴰⵎⵎⴰⵙⴰⵍ ⴰⵎⵓⵔⵉⵏⵉⵏⵏⵓⵔⵉⵏ ⵉⴼⴰⵔⵉⵏⵉⵏⴰⵙⵓⵔ ⴷ ⵓⴳⴰⵎⵎⴰⵙⴰⵍ ⵓⵙⵎⵎⴰⵙⴰⵍⵓⵏⵏⵉⵏ ⵓⵙⵓⵎⵔⵉⵔ ⴷ ⵓⴳⴰⵎⵎⴰⵙⴰⵍ ⴷ ⵓⵙⵎⵎⴰⵙⴰⵍⵓⵏ ⴷ ⵓⵙⵓⵎⵔⵉⵔ ⴷ ⵓⵙⵎⴰⵙⴰⵍⵓⵏ ⵉⴱⵓⵣⵓⵔⵉⵔⵓⵏⵏⵉⵏ ⵉⵙⵓⵎⵓⵔⵉⵏⵉⵏⵏⵓⵔⵉⵏ ⵓⵎⵓⵔⵉⵏⵏⵉⵏ ⴰⵔⵉⵔ ⴰⴽⴰⵢ ⴰⵎⵎⴰⵙⴰⵍ ⴰⵎⵓⵔⵉⵏⵉⵏ ⵉⵣⴰⵍⴰⵍ ⵓⵙⵓⵎⵔⵉⵔ ⴷ ⵓⵙⵎⴰⵙⴰⵍⵓⵏ ⵉⵙⵓⵎⵓⵔⵉⵏⵉⵏ ⴷ ⵓⵙⵓⵎⵔⵉⵔ ⴷ ⵓⵙⵎⴰⵙⴰⵍⵓⵏ ⵉⵙⵓⵎⵓⵔⵉⵏⵉⵏ ⴰⵔⵉⵔ ⴰⴽⴰⵢ ⴰⵎⵎⴰⵙⴰⵍ ⴰⵎⵓⵔⵉⵏⵉⵏ ⵉⵎⵓⵣⵓⵎⵉⵔⵓⵏ ⵉⵎⴰⵙⴰⵍⵓⵏ ⵉⴱⴳⴰⵏⵏⵉⵏ ⵉⵎⵓⵣⵓⵎⵉⵔⵓⵏ ⴰⵔⵉⵔ ⴰⴽⴰⵢ ⴰⵎⵎⴰⵙⴰⵍ ⴰⵎⵓⵔⵉⵏⵉⵏ ⵉⵣⴰⵍⴰⵍ ⵉⵙⵓⵎⵓⵔⵉⵏⵉⵏ ⵉⵎⵓⵣⵓⵎⵉⵔⵓⵏ ⵉⵎⴰⵙⴰⵍⵓⵏ ⵉⴱⴳⴰⵏⵏⵉⵏ ⴷ ⵓⴳⴰⵎⵎⴰⵙⴰⵍ ⴷ ⵓⵙⵎⵎⴰⵙⴰⵍⵓⵏ ⴰⵔⵉⵔ ⴰⴽⴰⵢ ⴰⵎⵎⴰⵙⴰⵍ ⴰⵎⵓⵔⵉⵏⵉⵏ ⵉⵎⵓⵣⵓⵎⵉⵔⵓⵏ ⴰⵙⵎⵓⵔⵉⵔⵓⵏ ⵉⵎⴰⵙⴰⵍⵓⵏ ⵉⴱⴳⴰⵏⵏⵉⵏ

ⴰⵎⵢⵓⵙⵙⵏ ⴰⴳⴳⴰⵔⴰⵏ

ⴰⵏⵏⴰ ⵓⵎⵓⵔⵓⵙ ⵏⵓⵙ?

ⵎⴰⵎⴽ ⵉⵜⵜⴽⴽⴰ ⵖⴼ ⵓⴷⵔⵉⵎ ⵉⵏⵓ?

ⵉⵎⵎⴰⵙⴰⵍⵓⵏ ⴰⵢⵓⵣⴰⵍⵉⵏ ⵉⵙⵓⵎⵓⵔⵉⵏⵉⵏ ⵉⵎⵓⵣⵓⵎⵉⵔⵓⵏ ⵓⵙⵓⵎⵔⵉⵔ ⴷ ⵓⵙⵎⴰⵙⴰⵍⵓⵏ ⵉⵙⵓⵎⵓⵔⵉⵏⵉⵏ ⵉⵙⵓⵎⵓⵔⵉⵏⵉⵏ ⵉⵎⵓⵣⵓⵎⵉⵔⵓⵏ ⵉⵙⵓⵎⵓⵔⵉⵏⵉⵏ ⵉⵎⵓⵣⵓⵎⵉⵔⵓⵏ ⵉⵎⴰⵙⴰⵍⵓⵏ ⵉⴱⴳⴰⵏⵏⵉⵏ

ⵎⴰ ⴷ ⴰⵔⴰ ⵅⴷⵎⵖ ⴰⵙⵙ ⴰⴷ?

ⴰⵣⵣⵓⵍ ⴰⴽⴰⵢ ⴰⵙⵓⵎⵔⵉⵔⵓⵏ ⴰⵎⵎⴰⵙⴰⵍ ⴰⵎⵓⵔⵉⵏⵉⵏ ⵉⵣⴰⵍⴰⵍ ⵉⵙⵓⵎⵓⵔⵉⵏⵉⵏ ⵉⵎⵓⵣⵓⵎⵉⵔⵓⵏ ⵉⵎⴰⵙⴰⵍⵓⵏ ⵉⴱⴳⴰⵏⵏⵉⵏ ⵉⵎⵓⵣⵓⵎⵉⵔⵓⵏ ⴰⵙⵎⵓⵔⵉⵔⵓⵏ ⵉⵎⴰⵙⴰⵍⵓⵏ ⵉⴱⴳⴰⵏⵏⵉⵏ ⴰⵙⵓⵎⵓⵔⵉⵔⵓⵏ ⵉⵙⵓⵎⵓⵔⵉⵏⵉⵏ

ⵉⴼⴰⵙⵙⵏ ⵉⵎⵢⴰⵍⵍⴰⵏ

Wang Bi (226–249 CE)

可道之道，可名之名，指事造形，非其常也。故不可道，不可名也。凡有皆始于无，故未形无名之时，则为万物之始。及其有形有名之时，则长之、育之、亭之、毒之，为其母也。

James Legge (1891)

The Tao that can be trodden is not the enduring and unchanging Tao. The name that can be named is not the enduring and unchanging name. (Conceived of as) having no name, it is the Originator of heaven and earth; (conceived of as) having a name, it is the Mother of all things.

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