Sira fɔ ye ko kɔnɔ bɛ bugu, siw bɛ sira sɔrɔ ye. O ye ɲininkali ye. Kɔnɔ bɛ sira fɛ jamana la, o la, kɔnɔ bɛ bugu. Jamanadenw bɛ yen fɛfɛ ye, kɔnɔ bɛ yen kunnafonidɛmɛw. Kaani bɛ se kunnafonibɔ ye, o ye hakɛli ye kɛnnayabɔ la.
Key Concepts
饥
税收
无为
贵生
Cite This Chapter
Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 75, "Kɔnɔ Bɛ Bugu", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/dyu/chapters/75/
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Kɔnɔ bɛ bugu, siw bɛ sira sɔrɔ ye. O la, kɔnɔ bɛ bugu. Kɔnɔ bɛ sira fɛ jamanadenw la, siw bɛ tobu ye. O la, kɔnɔ bɛ sira fɛ. Kɔnɔ bɛ yen kunnafonidɛmɛw, jamana bɛ yen fɛfɛ ye. O la, kɔnɔ bɛ yen kunnafonidɛmɛw. Kɔnɔ bɛ bɛ kɛnnaya la, jamana bɛ yen sira fɛ. O la, kɔnɔ bɛ bɛ kɛnnaya la. Kaani bɛ se kunnafonibɔ ye, o ye hakɛli ye kɛnnayabɔ la.
Tanya Kankamuso
A sa dan ye?
Sira fɔ ye ko kɔnɔ bɛ bugu, siw bɛ sira sɔrɔ ye. O ye ɲininkali ye. Kɔnɔ bɛ sira fɛ jamana la, o la, kɔnɔ bɛ bugu. Jamanadenw bɛ yen fɛfɛ ye, kɔnɔ bɛ yen kunnafonidɛmɛw. Kaani bɛ se kunnafonibɔ ye, o ye hakɛli ye kɛnnayabɔ la.
O bɛɛ minɛ n'ye?
N'aw bɛ yen fɛfɛ ye, aw bɛ bugu. N'aw bɛ yen sira fɛ, kɔnɔ bɛ aw fɛ. A ye ɲininkali ye ko hakɛli bɛ yen kunnafonibɔ la.
A ka kɛrɛ dòn?
Don don, aw bɛ yen faama ye. Aw bɛ yen sira bɔ. Sira ma fɛ aw kɔrɔ, aw bɛ kɔnɔ bɔ. Hakɛli la, aw bɛ yen bee la.
The people suffer from famine because of the multitude of taxes consumed by their superiors. It is through this that they suffer famine. The people are difficult to govern because of the (excessive) agency of their superiors (in governing them). Thus it is that to leave the subject of living altogether out of view is better than to set a high value on it.
Sira fɔrɔ
Kɔnɔ bɛ bugu, siw bɛ sira sɔrɔ ye. O la, kɔnɔ bɛ bugu. Kɔnɔ bɛ sira fɛ jamanadenw la, siw bɛ tobu ye. O la, kɔnɔ bɛ sira fɛ. Kɔnɔ bɛ yen kunnafonidɛmɛw, jamana bɛ yen fɛfɛ ye. O la, kɔnɔ bɛ yen kunnafonidɛmɛw. Kɔnɔ bɛ bɛ kɛnnaya la, jamana bɛ yen sira fɛ. O la, kɔnɔ bɛ bɛ kɛnnaya la. Kaani bɛ se kunnafonibɔ ye, o ye hakɛli ye kɛnnayabɔ la.
