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ⴰⵙⵙⵓⵟⵟⵓ ⴰⵎⴰⵙⵙⴰⵡⵓⵔⵓ ⵎⴰⵙⵙⴰⵢⵏ⸙ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵟⵟⵓⵏ ⵓⵔ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵟⵟⵓⵏ⸙ ⴰⵙⵙⵓⵟⵟⵓ ⴰⵎⴰⵙⵙⴰⵡⵓⵔⵓ ⵓⵙⵙⵓⵎⵓⵏ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵟⵟⵓⵏ ⵢⴰⵕⴹ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⴼⵉⵔⵓⵏ⸙
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 17, "ⴰⵎⴰⵙⵙⴰ ⴰⵎⴰⵙⵙⴰⵡⵓⵔⵓ", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/ber-Tfng/chapters/17/
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太上，下知有之；其次，亲而誉之；其次，畏之；其次，侮之。信不足焉，有不信焉。
ⵜⴰⴼⵙⵙⵓⵜ
ⴰⵎⴰⵙⵙⴰ ⴰⵎⴰⵙⵙⴰⵡⵓⵔⵓ⸙ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵎⵓⵏ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵟⵟⵓⵏ ⵢⵓⵎⵉ ⵓⵙⵙⵓⵟⵟⵓⵏ⸙ ⴰⵣⴰⵍⵓ ⵎⴰⵙⵙⴰⵢⵏ⸙ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵟⵟⵓⵏ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵎⴰⵍⵓⵏ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵎⴰⵍⵓⵏ⸙ ⴰⵣⴰⵍⵓ ⵎⴰⵙⵙⴰⵢⵏ⸙ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵟⵟⵓⵏ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵎⴰⵍⵓⵏ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵎⴰⵍⵓⵏ⸙ ⴰⵣⴰⵍⵓ ⵎⴰⵙⵙⴰⵢⵏ⸙ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵟⵟⵓⵏ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⴼⵉⵔⵓⵏ⸙ ⴰⵎⴰⵍⵓ ⵓⵙⵙⵓⵎⴰⵍⵓ ⵓⵙⵙⴰⵔⴰⵢⵓⵏ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⴼⵉⵔⵓⵏ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵎⴰⵍⵓⵏ⸙ ⴰⵙⵙⵓⵟⵟⵓ ⵎⴰ ⵓⵣⴰⵍⵓ ⵓⵙⵙⵓⵎⵓⵏ ⵓⵙⵙⵓⴼⵉⵔⵓⵏ⸙ ⴷⴰ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵎⵓⵏ ⵉⵙⵙⴰⵖⵉⵏ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵎⵓⵏ ⵉⵙⵙⴰⵖⵉⵏ⸙ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵎⵓⵏ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⴼⵓⵏ ⵉⵙⵙⴰⵖⵉⵏ⸙
ⴰⵎⵢⵓⵙⵙⵏ ⴰⴳⴳⴰⵔⴰⵏ
ⴰⵏⵏⴰ ⵓⵎⵓⵔⵓⵙ ⵏⵓⵙ?
ⴰⵙⵙⵓⵟⵟⵓ ⴰⵎⴰⵙⵙⴰⵡⵓⵔⵓ ⵎⴰⵙⵙⴰⵢⵏ⸙ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵟⵟⵓⵏ ⵓⵔ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵟⵟⵓⵏ⸙ ⴰⵙⵙⵓⵟⵟⵓ ⴰⵎⴰⵙⵙⴰⵡⵓⵔⵓ ⵓⵙⵙⵓⵎⵓⵏ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵟⵟⵓⵏ ⵢⴰⵕⴹ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⴼⵉⵔⵓⵏ⸙
ⵎⴰⵎⴽ ⵉⵜⵜⴽⴽⴰ ⵖⴼ ⵓⴷⵔⵉⵎ ⵉⵏⵓ?
ⵓⵎⵉ ⵉⵎⵎⵉⵔⵉ ⵢⴰⵕⴹ ⵓⵎⵣⵡⵓⵏ ⵏ ⵓⵙⵙⵓⵟⵟⵓⵏ ⵓⵔ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵟⵟⵓⵏ⸙ ⵓⵎⵉ ⵉⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵉ ⵢⴰⵕⴹ ⵓⵎⵣⵡⵓⵏ ⵏ ⵓⵙⵙⵓⴼⵉⵔⵓⵏ ⵓⵙⵙⵓⵎⵓⵏ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⴼⵉⵔⵓⵏ⸙
ⵎⴰ ⴷ ⴰⵔⴰ ⵅⴷⵎⵖ ⴰⵙⵙ ⴰⴷ?
ⴰⵎⴰⵍⵓ ⵓⵣⴰⵍⵓ ⵎⴰⵙⵙⴰⵢⵏ⸙ ⴷⴰ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵟⵟⵓ ⵓⵙⵙⵓⵎⵓⵏ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵟⵟⵓⵏ ⵢⴰⵕⴹ ⵓⵎⵣⵡⵓⵏ ⵏ ⵓⵙⵙⵓⴼⵉⵔⵓⵏ ⵓⵔ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵟⵟⵓⵏ⸙
📜 ⵙⵓⵍ ⵉⵙⵙⵉⴼⵓⵔⵏ (Wang Bi · Legge · AI Modern)
James Legge (1891)
In the highest antiquity, (the people) did not know that there were (their rulers). In the next age they loved them and praised them. In the next they feared them; in the next they despised them. Their work was done and their undertakings were successful, while the people all said, 'We are as we are, of ourselves!'
AI Modern
ⴰⵎⴰⵙⵙⴰ ⴰⵎⴰⵙⵙⴰⵡⵓⵔⵓ⸙ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵎⵓⵏ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵟⵟⵓⵏ ⵢⵓⵎⵉ ⵓⵙⵙⵓⵟⵟⵓⵏ⸙ ⴰⵣⴰⵍⵓ ⵎⴰⵙⵙⴰⵢⵏ⸙ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵟⵟⵓⵏ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵎⴰⵍⵓⵏ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵎⴰⵍⵓⵏ⸙ ⴰⵣⴰⵍⵓ ⵎⴰⵙⵙⴰⵢⵏ⸙ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵟⵟⵓⵏ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵎⴰⵍⵓⵏ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵎⴰⵍⵓⵏ⸙ ⴰⵣⴰⵍⵓ ⵎⴰⵙⵙⴰⵢⵏ⸙ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵟⵟⵓⵏ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⴼⵉⵔⵓⵏ⸙ ⴰⵎⴰⵍⵓ ⵓⵙⵙⵓⵎⴰⵍⵓ ⵓⵙⵙⴰⵔⴰⵢⵓⵏ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⴼⵉⵔⵓⵏ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵎⴰⵍⵓⵏ⸙ ⴰⵙⵙⵓⵟⵟⵓ ⵎⴰ ⵓⵣⴰⵍⵓ ⵓⵙⵙⵓⵎⵓⵏ ⵓⵙⵙⵓⴼⵉⵔⵓⵏ⸙ ⴷⴰ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵎⵓⵏ ⵉⵙⵙⴰⵖⵉⵏ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵎⵓⵏ ⵉⵙⵙⴰⵖⵉⵏ⸙ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵎⵓⵏ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⴼⵓⵏ ⵉⵙⵙⴰⵖⵉⵏ⸙
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