Chapter 68

Ka ʻIkena o ka ʻAʻole Kūʻē

善为士者不武,善战者不怒,善胜敌者不与,善用人者为之下。
是谓不争之德,是谓用人之力,是谓配天古之极。
ʻO ka mea maikaʻi loa i hoʻonaʻauao ai, ʻaʻole ia e kau aku i ka pū. ʻO ka mea maikaʻi loa i kaua ai, ʻaʻole ia e huhū. ʻO ka mea maikaʻi loa i hoʻoilo ai i ka ʻenemi, ʻaʻole ia e kū kokoke. ʻO ka mea maikaʻi loa i hoʻohana ai i nā kānaka, noho ia ma lalo o lākou. ʻO ia ka hemo o ka ʻaʻole kūʻē, ʻo ia ka ikaika o ka hoʻohana ʻana aku i nā kānaka, ʻo ia ka like ʻana me ka lani, ka poʻe kahiko.

Nōnōmea Hohonu

He aha kēia paukū e pili ana?

Ua aʻo mai kēia paukū, ʻo ka ikaika ʻoluʻolu ka mea ikaika loa. ʻAʻole e kau aku i ka pū, ʻaʻole e huhū, ʻaʻole e kū kokoke i ka ʻenemi, a noho ma lalo o nā kānaka. ʻO ia ka hemo o ka ʻaʻole kūʻē, a ua like ia me ka lani.

Pehea ka pilina iaʻu?

Ua ʻae au i ka mana ma ka ikaika, i ka lanakila ma ke kūʻe ʻana aku. Ua ʻike au i nā mea hōʻeha ʻia, a ua makemake au e ikaika like. Akā ʻo ka ikaika ʻoluʻolu, ʻo ia nō ke kū maoli.

He aha kaʻu e hana ai i kēia lā?

I kēia lā, inā e huhū koʻu naʻau, e mālie au a noho ma lalo. Inā e kūʻe mai kekahi, e mālie au a manaʻo i ka hopu mua ʻole ʻana aku.

Nā Moʻo Pili

Kuʻu Manaʻo

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