Baba yeye li. Li baba yeye ga zuk ye a, ba ga a kukwi o, a ga li kukwi yeye. Iye muko ga ki a ndo a li ga zuk. Iye muko ga wi a ndo a ga ki. Ba ki o? Ba ga wi a, iye a ga ki o kukwi a.
Key Concepts
无私
长久
后身
天地
Cite This Chapter
Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 7, "Baba Li Yeye Li", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/dov/chapters/7/
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Baba yeye li. Li baba yeye ga zuk ye a, ba ga a kukwi o, a ga li kukwi yeye. Iye muko ga ki a ndo a li ga zuk. Iye muko ga wi a ndo a ga ki. Ba ki o? Ba ga wi a, iye a ga ki o kukwi a.
Deep Reflekshon
Wot is this sjapter aboot?
Baba yeye li. Li baba yeye ga zuk ye a, ba ga a kukwi o, a ga li kukwi yeye. Iye muko ga ki a ndo a li ga zuk. Iye muko ga wi a ndo a ga ki. Ba ki o? Ba ga wi a, iye a ga ki o kukwi a.
Ow duz it rileyt to mee?
Iye muko ga ki a ndo a li ga zuk. Iye muko ga ki o ba ki wi a o, o ga ki o a li. Iye ga ki o wi a o, o ga ki o a li kukwi yeye.
Wot shood I doo toodai?
Ga a ki wi o iye muko. Ga ki o a ndo o wi a o, o ga li ki o ki. Ga ki o a ndo o wi a o, o ga ki o ki.
Heaven is long-enduring and earth continues long. The reason why heaven and earth are able to endure and continue thus long is that they do not live of, or for, themselves. Therefore the sage puts his own person last, and yet it is found in the foremost place; he treats his person as if it were foreign to him, and yet that person is preserved. Is it not because he has no personal and private ends, that therefore such ends are realised?
AI Modern
Baba yeye li. Li baba yeye ga zuk ye a, ba ga a kukwi o, a ga li kukwi yeye. Iye muko ga ki a ndo a li ga zuk. Iye muko ga wi a ndo a ga ki. Ba ki o? Ba ga wi a, iye a ga ki o kukwi a.
Mai Reflekshon
What does this chapter inspire in you? How will you apply it?