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ⴰⴳⴰⵍⵉⵣ ⴰⵣⴰⵔⴼ ⴱⵔⵔⵓ ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ, ⴰⵔⴰⵡⵉ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵎⵓⴳⴰⵏ ⴰⵎⵓⵔ. ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵉ ⴷ ⵓⵙⴽⵉⵙⵉⵏ ⵉⴳⴰⵏ ⴰⵣⴰⵔⴼ ⵎⴰⵛⵛⵓⵍ, ⴰⵔⴰⵡⵉ ⵏⵉⵙⵎⵓⵔ ⴱⵔⵔⵓ. ⴰⵣⴰⵔⴼ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵎⵓⴳⴰⵏ, ⴰⵔⴰⵡⵉ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵎⵓⴳⴰⵏ.
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 76, "ⴰⵙⵎⵓⵔ ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵉⵙ ⵉⴳⴰ ⴰⵣⴰⵔⴼ", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/ber/chapters/76/
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人之生也柔弱，其死也坚强。万物草木之生也柔脆，其死也枯槁。
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ⴰⵙⵎⵓⵔ ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵉⵙ ⵉⴳⴰ ⴰⵣⴰⵔⴼ, ⴰⵙⵎⵓⵔ ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵉⵙ ⵉⴳⴰ ⴰⵔⴰⵡⵉ. ⴰⵙⵎⵓⵔ ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵉⵙ ⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵉ ⴷ ⵓⵙⴽⵉⵙⵉⵏ ⵉⴳⴰ ⴰⵣⴰⵔⴼ, ⴰⵙⵎⵓⵔ ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵉⵙ ⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵉ ⴷ ⵓⵙⴽⵉⵙⵉⵏ ⵉⴳⴰ ⴰⵔⴰⵡⵉ. ⵎⴰⵛⵛⵓⵍ, ⴰⵣⴰⵔⴼ ⵉⴳⴰ ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵉ, ⴰⵔⴰⵡⵉ ⵉⴳⴰ ⴰⵎⵓⵔ. ⴽⵓⵏ, ⴰⵣⴰⵔⴼ ⵏⵉⵙⵎⵓⵔ ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵉ, ⴰⵔⴰⵡⵉ ⵏⵉⵙⵎⵓⵔ ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵉ. ⴰⵙⵎⵓⵔ ⴰⵣⴰⵔⴼ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵎⵓⴳⴰⵏ ⴰⵣⴰⵔⴼ, ⴰⵙⵎⵓⵔ ⴰⵔⴰⵡⵉ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵎⵓⴳⴰⵏ ⴰⵎⵓⵔ. ⴰⵣⴰⵔⴼ ⴱⵔⵔⵓ ⴰⴳⴰ, ⴰⵔⴰⵡⵉ ⵉⵙⴱⵔⵔⴰ. ⴰⵣⴰⵔⴼ ⵉⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ ⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ, ⴰⵔⴰⵡⵉ ⵉⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ ⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ.
Amezruy Ameqqran
ⴰⵎⴽⴰⵏ ⴱⵉⵔⵉ ⵢⴰⵏ ⵓⴱⴷⴰⵏ?
ⴰⴳⴰⵍⵉⵣ ⴰⵣⴰⵔⴼ ⴱⵔⵔⵓ ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ, ⴰⵔⴰⵡⵉ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵎⵓⴳⴰⵏ ⴰⵎⵓⵔ. ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵉ ⴷ ⵓⵙⴽⵉⵙⵉⵏ ⵉⴳⴰⵏ ⴰⵣⴰⵔⴼ ⵎⴰⵛⵛⵓⵍ, ⴰⵔⴰⵡⵉ ⵏⵉⵙⵎⵓⵔ ⴱⵔⵔⵓ. ⴰⵣⴰⵔⴼ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵎⵓⴳⴰⵏ, ⴰⵔⴰⵡⵉ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵎⵓⴳⴰⵏ.
D acu i t-id-yessawaḍen yiyi?
ⴰⵙⵎⵓⵔ ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵉⵙ ⵉⴳⴰ ⴰⵏⵓⴳⴳⵓ ⵉⵓⵎⴰⵙⵉⵏ ⵏⵉ. ⵎⵉⵎⴰⵙⵉ, ⴽⵓⵏ ⴰⵙⵎⵓⵔ ⴰⵣⴰⵔⴼ ⵎⵉⵙⵙⵓⵏⴳⴰ, ⴰⵔⴰⵡⵉ ⴱⵔⵔⵓ ⵎⵉⵙⵙⵓⵏⴳⴰ ⵏⵉⵙⵎⵓⵔ. ⴰⵙⵎⵓⵔ ⴰⵣⴰⵔⴼ ⴱⵔⵔⵓ ⴰⴳⴰ, ⴰⵙⵎⵓⵔ ⴰⵔⴰⵡⵉ ⴱⵔⵔⵓ ⴰⴳⴰ. ⵓⵙⵙⵓⵎⵓⴳⴰⵏ ⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵣⴰⵔⴼ ⴱⵔⵔⵓ ⴰⴳⴰ, ⴰⵙⵎⵓⵔ ⴰⵔⴰⵡⵉ ⴱⵔⵔⵓ ⴰⴳⴰ.
Acu ara xedmeɣ ass-a?
ⴰⵣⴰⵔⴼ ⵎⵉⵙⵙⵓⵏⴳⴰ ⴽⵓⵏ ⴰⵙⵎⵓⵔ ⴰⵣⴰⵔⴼ. ⴰⵙⵎⵓⵔ ⴰⵣⴰⵔⴼ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵎⵓⴳⴰⵏ ⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵔⴰⵡⵉ, ⴰⵙⵎⵓⵔ ⴰⵣⴰⵔⴼ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵎⵓⴳⴰⵏ ⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ.
📜 ⴼⴽⵉ ⵓⵏⴰⵡⴰⵏ (ⵡⴰⵏⴳ ⴱⵉ · ⵍⴰⵊ · ⴰⵢ ⴰⵎⴰⴷⴰⵏ)
Wang Bi (226–249 ⴽ.ⵉ.ⵙ)
人之生也柔弱，其死也坚强。万物草木之生也柔脆，其死也枯槁。故坚强者死之徒，柔弱者生之徒。是以兵强则不胜，木强则兵。强大处下，柔弱处上。
James Legge (1891)
Man at his birth is supple and weak; at his death, firm and strong. (So it is with) all things. Trees and plants, in their early growth, are soft and brittle; at their death, dry and withered. Thus it is that firmness and strength are the concomitants of death; softness and weakness, the concomitants of life.
AI Modern
ⴰⵙⵎⵓⵔ ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵉⵙ ⵉⴳⴰ ⴰⵣⴰⵔⴼ, ⴰⵙⵎⵓⵔ ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵉⵙ ⵉⴳⴰ ⴰⵔⴰⵡⵉ. ⴰⵙⵎⵓⵔ ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵉⵙ ⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵉ ⴷ ⵓⵙⴽⵉⵙⵉⵏ ⵉⴳⴰ ⴰⵣⴰⵔⴼ, ⴰⵙⵎⵓⵔ ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵉⵙ ⵏ ⵓⵎⴰⵙⵉ ⴷ ⵓⵙⴽⵉⵙⵉⵏ ⵉⴳⴰ ⴰⵔⴰⵡⵉ. ⵎⴰⵛⵛⵓⵍ, ⴰⵣⴰⵔⴼ ⵉⴳⴰ ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵉ, ⴰⵔⴰⵡⵉ ⵉⴳⴰ ⴰⵎⵓⵔ. ⴽⵓⵏ, ⴰⵣⴰⵔⴼ ⵏⵉⵙⵎⵓⵔ ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵉ, ⴰⵔⴰⵡⵉ ⵏⵉⵙⵎⵓⵔ ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵉ. ⴰⵙⵎⵓⵔ ⴰⵣⴰⵔⴼ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵎⵓⴳⴰⵏ ⴰⵣⴰⵔⴼ, ⴰⵙⵎⵓⵔ ⴰⵔⴰⵡⵉ ⵉⵙⵙⵓⵎⵓⴳⴰⵏ ⴰⵎⵓⵔ. ⴰⵣⴰⵔⴼ ⴱⵔⵔⵓ ⴰⴳⴰ, ⴰⵔⴰⵡⵉ ⵉⵙⴱⵔⵔⴰ. ⴰⵣⴰⵔⴼ ⵉⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ ⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ, ⴰⵔⴰⵡⵉ ⵉⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ ⵙⵓⵔ ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ.
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