Kɛyɔ koŋtsɛ bɛ koŋtso nɛ o bɛ koŋtsɛ koŋtsɛ. O yɛ wula koŋtsɛ nɛ o maŋ kɛ wula koŋtsɛ e kɛ e kɛ wula koŋtsɛ. O bɛ koŋtsɛ nɛ o maŋ nye koŋtsɛɛ, nɛ a koŋtsɛ o kɛ wula koŋtsɛ.
Key Concepts
大道
不为主
不自为大
Cite This Chapter
Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 34, "Sɛ Kɛyɔ Koŋtsɛ Gaana", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/gaa/chapters/34/
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Sɛ kɛyɔ koŋtsɛ lɔ bɛ koŋtso, e kɛ yemi shɛtsɛ koŋtsɛ koŋtsɛ. Wula yɛ yɔmɔ e kɛ tso e koŋtsɛ le, o maŋ kɛ yɛtsɛ wula koŋtsɛ. Nɛ kɛ koŋtsɛ e nɛ wula koŋtsɛ, o maŋ kɛ e kɛ wula koŋtsɛ koŋtsɛ. O yɛ wula koŋtsɛ nɛ o maŋ kɛ e kɛ wula koŋtsɛ koŋtsɛ, o maŋ nye yɛ koŋtsɛɛ nɛ yɛ yɛle; wula shwee e koŋtsɛ nɛ o maŋ kɛ e kɛ wula koŋtsɛ koŋtsɛ, a koŋtsɛ yɛ wula koŋtsɛ. Naa o maŋ kɛ e kɛ wula koŋtsɛ kɛ koŋtsɛɛ, a koŋtsɛ kɛ kɛ e koŋtsɛ kɛ wula koŋtsɛ.
Sulemɔ Bɔ Bɔ
Asafoatsɛ ni hewalɛ ŋmɛi?
Kɛyɔ koŋtsɛ bɛ koŋtso nɛ o bɛ koŋtsɛ koŋtsɛ. O yɛ wula koŋtsɛ nɛ o maŋ kɛ wula koŋtsɛ e kɛ e kɛ wula koŋtsɛ. O bɛ koŋtsɛ nɛ o maŋ nye koŋtsɛɛ, nɛ a koŋtsɛ o kɛ wula koŋtsɛ.
Emi ŋmɛ lɛ mii gbɔɔ?
Kɛyɔ koŋtsɛ yɛ koŋtsɛ lɛ naa nye nɔɔ shikpomɔ. Nye bɛɛ wula bɛɛ kɛ kɛ nye kɛ yɛle koŋtsɛ koŋtsɛ nɛ nyɛ nɔɔ bɛɛ kɛ shɛ kɛyɔ koŋtsɛ lɔ bɛ tso nye koŋtsɛ.
Ŋɛ mii wɔ kɛlɛ gbɛ?
Shi kɛ yɛtsɛ wula koŋtsɛ koŋtsɛ nɛ koŋtsɛ kɛ yɛle bɛɛ nye wula maŋ yɛ nɛ nyɛ nɔɔ bɛɛ.
All-pervading is the Great Tao! It may be found on the left hand and on the right. All things depend on it for their production, which it gives to them, not one refusing obedience to it. When its work is accomplished, it does not claim the name of having done it.
AI Modern
Sɛ kɛyɔ koŋtsɛ lɔ bɛ koŋtso, e kɛ yemi shɛtsɛ koŋtsɛ koŋtsɛ. Wula yɛ yɔmɔ e kɛ tso e koŋtsɛ le, o maŋ kɛ yɛtsɛ wula koŋtsɛ. Nɛ kɛ koŋtsɛ e nɛ wula koŋtsɛ, o maŋ kɛ e kɛ wula koŋtsɛ koŋtsɛ. O yɛ wula koŋtsɛ nɛ o maŋ kɛ e kɛ wula koŋtsɛ koŋtsɛ, o maŋ nye yɛ koŋtsɛɛ nɛ yɛ yɛle; wula shwee e koŋtsɛ nɛ o maŋ kɛ e kɛ wula koŋtsɛ koŋtsɛ, a koŋtsɛ yɛ wula koŋtsɛ. Naa o maŋ kɛ e kɛ wula koŋtsɛ kɛ koŋtsɛɛ, a koŋtsɛ kɛ kɛ e koŋtsɛ kɛ wula koŋtsɛ.
Mii Sulemɔ
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