Kä ɣöknyim nɛ kuo wëët nɛ piny, kä kuo bïïɛn nɛ yïc. Kä nɛ ciɛn goŋ, ka looi nɛ yïïm. Kä nɛ aken nɛ apam, ka yɛr nɛ cïïm. Kä nɛ aken nɛ apam nɛ kuo, ka bɛi nɛ raan nɛ wët. Ke Ciɛn Raan bïïɛn nɛ cïïm nɛ piny tɛ̂.
Key Concepts
不争
谦下
曲全
抱一
Cite This Chapter
Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 22, "Kä nɛ Raan Cïïm Nɛ Kɛc", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/din/chapters/22/
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Kä nɛ kɛŋ goŋ, ka cee nɛ kɛc. Kä nɛ cɔɔr, ka ŋuɔi nɛ cïïm. Kä nɛ bïïm, ka piny nɛ pïï. Kä nɛ yïïm, ka kɔɔr nɛ piny. Kä nɛ mägɔr, ka yɛr nɛ apam. Kä nɛ apam, ka bɛi nɛ raan. Ke Ciɛn Raan wët cïïm nɛ piny tɛ̂. Kä ee bïïɛn nɛ yïïm, ka looi nɛ jïën. Kä ee bïïɛn nɛ yïc, ka ŋïïm nɛ wët. Kä ee bïïɛn nɛ ŋïïm, ka cee nɛ bïïɛn. Kä ee bïïɛn nɛ jɔ̂y, ka jɔ̂y nɛ jïën. Kä wëët nɛ raan bïïɛn nɛ kuo, ka kuo wëët nɛ cïïm nɛ jïën. Kä ciŋ lïŋ kä piny wëët nɛ tɔɔr nɛ wïïm. E kuŋnɛ kä aken nɛ cïïm kä raan wëët nɛ tï̈tï̈ kɛc!
Thiɛɛi ë Pïïr Tɔɔŋ
Yic ë wäär ëmën ë ŋö?
Kä ɣöknyim nɛ kuo wëët nɛ piny, kä kuo bïïɛn nɛ yïc. Kä nɛ ciɛn goŋ, ka looi nɛ yïïm. Kä nɛ aken nɛ apam, ka yɛr nɛ cïïm. Kä nɛ aken nɛ apam nɛ kuo, ka bɛi nɛ raan nɛ wët. Ke Ciɛn Raan bïïɛn nɛ cïïm nɛ piny tɛ̂.
Lɔ luɔɔi ɣa ë ŋö?
Ä cïïm kä jï̈n wï̈n aken nɛ pïïm nɛ kuo. Kä ä bïïɛn nɛ wï̈n apam nɛ jïën, kä ŋuɔi nɛ ɣïïk nɛ wï̈n kuo nɛ cïïm. Ä cïïm kä wï̈n aken bïïɛn nɛ ŋïïm.
Bï yïn looi ŋö nïn ë tënë?
Dëëk kä jï̈n wï̈n yïïm nɛ kuo kä nɛ wï̈n cïïm. Yïïm nɛ jï̈n cïïm nɛ jï̈n looi nɛ wï̈n yïc.
The partial becomes complete; the crooked, straight; the empty, full; the worn out, new. He whose (desires) are few gets them; he whose (desires) are many goes astray. Therefore the sage holds in his embrace the one thing (of humility), and manifests it to all the world. He is free from self-display, and therefore he shines.
AI Modern
Kä nɛ kɛŋ goŋ, ka cee nɛ kɛc. Kä nɛ cɔɔr, ka ŋuɔi nɛ cïïm. Kä nɛ bïïm, ka piny nɛ pïï. Kä nɛ yïïm, ka kɔɔr nɛ piny. Kä nɛ mägɔr, ka yɛr nɛ apam. Kä nɛ apam, ka bɛi nɛ raan. Ke Ciɛn Raan wët cïïm nɛ piny tɛ̂. Kä ee bïïɛn nɛ yïïm, ka looi nɛ jïën. Kä ee bïïɛn nɛ yïc, ka ŋïïm nɛ wët. Kä ee bïïɛn nɛ ŋïïm, ka cee nɛ bïïɛn. Kä ee bïïɛn nɛ jɔ̂y, ka jɔ̂y nɛ jïën. Kä wëët nɛ raan bïïɛn nɛ kuo, ka kuo wëët nɛ cïïm nɛ jïën. Kä ciŋ lïŋ kä piny wëët nɛ tɔɔr nɛ wïïm. E kuŋnɛ kä aken nɛ cïïm kä raan wëët nɛ tï̈tï̈ kɛc!
Thiɛɛi Cï Ke
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