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ⴰⴱⵓⵙⴰ ⵉⵣⵉⵔ ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵀⵓⵍⵓ ⴰⴽⴰⵔ ⴰⵣⴰⵡⴰⵏ ⵉⵣⵉⵔ ⴰⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ ⵏ ⵓⵎⵓⵙⵙⵉⵖ⸙ ⴰⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⵉⵎⵙⵓⵔⵉⵙⵉⵏ ⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴱⵉⵙⵉⵙⵉⵏ⸙ ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⵉⵎⵙⵓⵔⵉⵙⵉⵏ ⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴱⵉⵙⵉⵙⵉⵏ ⴱⵉⵙⵉⵙⵉⵏ ⴰⴽⴰⵔ⸙
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 61, "ⴰⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵀⵓⵍⵓ ⴰⴽⴰⵔ ⴰⵣⴰⵡⴰⵏ", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/ber-Tfng/chapters/61/
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大国者下流，天下之交，天下之牝。牝常以静胜牡，以静为下。
ⵜⴰⴼⵙⵙⵓⵜ
ⴰⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵀⵓⵍⵓ ⴰⴽⴰⵔ ⴰⵣⴰⵡⴰⵏ⸙ ⴰⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⴽⴰⵔ ⴰⵣⴰⵡⴰⵏ ⵉⵣⵉⵔ ⴰⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ ⵏ ⵓⵎⵓⵙⵙⵉⵖ⸙ ⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ ⵏ ⵓⵎⵓⵙⵙⵉⵖ ⵉⵣⵉⵔ ⴰⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ ⵏ ⵓⵎⵓⵙⵙⵉⵖ⸙ ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ ⵏ ⵓⵎⵓⵙⵙⵉⵖ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⵉⵎⵙⵓⵔⵉⵙⵉⵏ ⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴱⵉⵙⵉⵙⵉⵏ ⴱⵉⵙⵉⵙⵉⵏ ⴰⴽⴰⵔ⸙ ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ ⴷⵓⵔⵓ ⵏ ⵓⴰⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ ⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ ⴷⵓⵔⵓ ⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ⸙ ⴰⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ ⴷⵓⵔⵓ ⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ ⵏ ⵓⴰⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ ⵏ ⵓⴰⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ ⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ⸙ ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵀⵓⵍⵓ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ ⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⵏⵓⵔ⸙ ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⴽⴰⵔ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⵓⴰⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ ⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⵏⵓⵔ⸙ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵀⵓⵍⵓ ⴰⴽⴰⵔ ⴰⵣⴰⵡⴰⵏ ⵉⵣⵉⵔ ⵓⴰⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ ⵏ ⵓⵎⵓⵙⵙⵉⵖ⸙
ⴰⵎⵢⵓⵙⵙⵏ ⴰⴳⴳⴰⵔⴰⵏ
ⴰⵏⵏⴰ ⵓⵎⵓⵔⵓⵙ ⵏⵓⵙ?
ⴰⴱⵓⵙⴰ ⵉⵣⵉⵔ ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵀⵓⵍⵓ ⴰⴽⴰⵔ ⴰⵣⴰⵡⴰⵏ ⵉⵣⵉⵔ ⴰⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ ⵏ ⵓⵎⵓⵙⵙⵉⵖ⸙ ⴰⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⵉⵎⵙⵓⵔⵉⵙⵉⵏ ⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴱⵉⵙⵉⵙⵉⵏ⸙ ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⵉⵎⵙⵓⵔⵉⵙⵉⵏ ⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴱⵉⵙⵉⵙⵉⵏ ⴱⵉⵙⵉⵙⵉⵏ ⴰⴽⴰⵔ⸙
ⵎⴰⵎⴽ ⵉⵜⵜⴽⴽⴰ ⵖⴼ ⵓⴷⵔⵉⵎ ⵉⵏⵓ?
ⵉⵎⴰⵡⵉ ⴰⵣⴰⵡⴰⵏ ⴰⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⵓⵎⵓⵙⵙⵉⵖ ⵉⵣⵉⵔ ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ ⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⴽⴰⵔ ⴱⵉⵙⵉⵙⵉⵏ ⴰⵎⵓⵙⵙⵓⵔ⸙ ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⵉⵎⵙⵓⵔⵉⵙⵉⵏ ⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⴽⴰⵔ ⴱⵉⵙⵉⵙⵉⵏ⸙
ⵎⴰ ⴷ ⴰⵔⴰ ⵅⴷⵎⵖ ⴰⵙⵙ ⴰⴷ?
ⴷⵓⵔⵓ ⴽⴰⵟⵟⵓ ⴽⴰⵟⵟⵓ ⴰⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ ⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ ⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ ⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ ⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ ⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ ⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ⸙
📜 ⵙⵓⵍ ⵉⵙⵙⵉⴼⵓⵔⵏ (Wang Bi · Legge · AI Modern)
James Legge (1891)
What makes a great state is its being (like) a low-lying, down-flowing (stream); it becomes the centre to which tend (all the small states) under heaven. (To illustrate from) the case of all females: the female always overcomes the male by her stillness.
AI Modern
ⴰⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵀⵓⵍⵓ ⴰⴽⴰⵔ ⴰⵣⴰⵡⴰⵏ⸙ ⴰⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⴽⴰⵔ ⴰⵣⴰⵡⴰⵏ ⵉⵣⵉⵔ ⴰⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ ⵏ ⵓⵎⵓⵙⵙⵉⵖ⸙ ⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ ⵏ ⵓⵎⵓⵙⵙⵉⵖ ⵉⵣⵉⵔ ⴰⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ ⵏ ⵓⵎⵓⵙⵙⵉⵖ⸙ ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ ⵏ ⵓⵎⵓⵙⵙⵉⵖ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⵉⵎⵙⵓⵔⵉⵙⵉⵏ ⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴱⵉⵙⵉⵙⵉⵏ ⴱⵉⵙⵉⵙⵉⵏ ⴰⴽⴰⵔ⸙ ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ ⴷⵓⵔⵓ ⵏ ⵓⴰⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ ⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ ⴷⵓⵔⵓ ⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ⸙ ⴰⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ ⴷⵓⵔⵓ ⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ ⵏ ⵓⴰⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ ⵏ ⵓⴰⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ ⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ⸙ ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵀⵓⵍⵓ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ ⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⵏⵓⵔ⸙ ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⴽⴰⵔ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⵓⴰⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ ⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⵏⵓⵔ⸙ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵀⵓⵍⵓ ⴰⴽⴰⵔ ⴰⵣⴰⵡⴰⵏ ⵉⵣⵉⵔ ⵓⴰⵎⴰⵙⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵙⵉⴼⵓⴳ ⵏ ⵓⵎⵓⵙⵙⵉⵖ⸙
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