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ⴰⵛⴽⴰⵍ ⵓⵣⵣⴰⵍ ⴰⵏ ⵓⵎⵓⵡⴰⵏ ⴷ ⵓⵎⵓⵡⴰⵏ ⵓⵙⴽⴰⵔⴷⵉⵏ, ⵉⵎⵓⴳⴰⵏ ⵉⵔⵉⵎ ⴰⵙⴽⴰⵔⴷⵉⵏ ⴷ ⵓⵎⵓⵡⴰⵏ. ⵓⵎⵓⵡⴰⵏ ⵓⵙⴽⴰⵔⴷⵉⵏ, ⴰⵔ ⵉⴳⴰ ⴰⵎⵓⵡⴰⵏ ⴰⵙⴽⴰⵔⴷⵉⵏ, ⴷ ⵓⵙⴽⴰⵔⴷⵉⵏ ⴰⵙⴽⴰⵔⴷⵉⵏ.
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 11, "ⴰⵛⴽⴰⵍ ⵏ ⵓⵣⵣⴰⵍ ⴷ ⵓⵎⵓⵡⴰⵏ", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/ber/chapters/11/
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三十辐共一毂，当其无，有车之用。
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ⵉⵙⴰⵍⴰⵙ ⵉⵙⴽⵓⵛⴰⵔ ⵢⴰⵙⵙⵉⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⵡⵓⵏ ⵉⵔⵉⵎ ⵉⵎⵓⴳⴰⵏ, ⴰⴽⴽⵓⵍ ⵉⵔⵉⵎ ⴰⵙⴽⴰⵔⴷⵉⵏ. ⵓⵎⵓⵔⴰⵙ ⵉⵙⴽⴰⵔⴷⵉⵏ ⴰⵙⴽⴰⵔⴷⵉⵏ, ⴰⴽⴽⵓⵍ ⵉⵔⵉⵎ ⴰⵙⴽⴰⵔⴷⵉⵏ. ⵓⵙⴽⴰⵔⴷⵉⵏ ⵓⵎⵓⵡⴰⵏ ⵉⵙⴽⴰⵔⴷⵉⵏ, ⴰⴽⴽⵓⵍ ⵉⵔⵉⵎ ⴰⵙⴽⴰⵔⴷⵉⵏ. ⴰⵙⴽⴰⵔⴷⵉⵏ ⵓⵣⵣⴰⵍ ⴷ ⵓⵎⵓⵡⴰⵏ ⴷⴰⵔⴰⵢⵏⵉⵏ, ⴰⵙⴽⴰⵔⴷⵉⵏ ⴷⴰⵔⴰⵢⵏⵉⵏ ⴰⵙⴽⴰⵔⴷⵉⵏ ⵓⵙⴽⴰⵔⴷⵉⵏ.
Amezruy Ameqqran
ⴰⵎⴽⴰⵏ ⴱⵉⵔⵉ ⵢⴰⵏ ⵓⴱⴷⴰⵏ?
ⴰⵛⴽⴰⵍ ⵓⵣⵣⴰⵍ ⴰⵏ ⵓⵎⵓⵡⴰⵏ ⴷ ⵓⵎⵓⵡⴰⵏ ⵓⵙⴽⴰⵔⴷⵉⵏ, ⵉⵎⵓⴳⴰⵏ ⵉⵔⵉⵎ ⴰⵙⴽⴰⵔⴷⵉⵏ ⴷ ⵓⵎⵓⵡⴰⵏ. ⵓⵎⵓⵡⴰⵏ ⵓⵙⴽⴰⵔⴷⵉⵏ, ⴰⵔ ⵉⴳⴰ ⴰⵎⵓⵡⴰⵏ ⴰⵙⴽⴰⵔⴷⵉⵏ, ⴷ ⵓⵙⴽⴰⵔⴷⵉⵏ ⴰⵙⴽⴰⵔⴷⵉⵏ.
D acu i t-id-yessawaḍen yiyi?
ⴰⵣⵣⴰⵍ ⵓⵙⴽⴰⵔⴷⵉⵏ ⴰⵏⴰⵡⵉ ⴷ ⵓⵙⴽⴰⵔⴷⵉⵏ ⵓⵣⵣⴰⵍ, ⵓⵎⵓⵡⴰⵏ ⵓⵙⴽⴰⵔⴷⵉⵏ ⵓⵙⴽⴰⵔⴷⵉⵏ. ⴰⵣⵣⴰⵍ ⵉⴳⴰ ⵓⵙⴽⴰⵔⴷⵉⵏ ⴰⵙⴽⴰⵔⴷⵉⵏ ⵉⵔⵉⵎ ⴰⵎⵓⵡⴰⵏ.
Acu ara xedmeɣ ass-a?
ⴰⴽⵓⴽ ⵏⵉⵔ ⵓⵎⵓⵡⴰⵏ ⵓⵙⴽⴰⵔⴷⵉⵏ ⴷ ⵓⵙⴽⴰⵔⴷⵉⵏ, ⴰⵖ ⴰⴽⵓⴽ ⵏⵉⵔ ⵓⵎⵓⵡⴰⵏ ⵓⵣⵣⴰⵍ ⴷ ⵓⵙⴽⴰⵔⴷⵉⵏ ⴷ ⵓⵙⴽⴰⵔⴷⵉⵏ.
📜 ⴼⴽⵉ ⵓⵏⴰⵡⴰⵏ (ⵡⴰⵏⴳ ⴱⵉ · ⵍⴰⵊ · ⴰⵢ ⴰⵎⴰⴷⴰⵏ)
Wang Bi (226–249 ⴽ.ⵉ.ⵙ)
毂所以能统三十辐者，无也。以其无能受物之故，故能以寡统众也。木、埴、壁所以成三者，而皆以无为用也。言无者，有之所以为利，皆赖无以为用也。
James Legge (1891)
The thirty spokes unite in the one nave; but it is on the empty space (for the axle), that the use of the wheel depends. Clay is fashioned into vessels; but it is on their empty hollowness, that their use depends.
AI Modern
ⵉⵙⴰⵍⴰⵙ ⵉⵙⴽⵓⵛⴰⵔ ⵢⴰⵙⵙⵉⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⵡⵓⵏ ⵉⵔⵉⵎ ⵉⵎⵓⴳⴰⵏ, ⴰⴽⴽⵓⵍ ⵉⵔⵉⵎ ⴰⵙⴽⴰⵔⴷⵉⵏ. ⵓⵎⵓⵔⴰⵙ ⵉⵙⴽⴰⵔⴷⵉⵏ ⴰⵙⴽⴰⵔⴷⵉⵏ, ⴰⴽⴽⵓⵍ ⵉⵔⵉⵎ ⴰⵙⴽⴰⵔⴷⵉⵏ. ⵓⵙⴽⴰⵔⴷⵉⵏ ⵓⵎⵓⵡⴰⵏ ⵉⵙⴽⴰⵔⴷⵉⵏ, ⴰⴽⴽⵓⵍ ⵉⵔⵉⵎ ⴰⵙⴽⴰⵔⴷⵉⵏ. ⴰⵙⴽⴰⵔⴷⵉⵏ ⵓⵣⵣⴰⵍ ⴷ ⵓⵎⵓⵡⴰⵏ ⴷⴰⵔⴰⵢⵏⵉⵏ, ⴰⵙⴽⴰⵔⴷⵉⵏ ⴷⴰⵔⴰⵢⵏⵉⵏ ⴰⵙⴽⴰⵔⴷⵉⵏ ⵓⵙⴽⴰⵔⴷⵉⵏ.
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