Chapter 1

ᐅᖃᕐᕈᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ

道名无有玄

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ᐅᖃᕐᕈᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᐹᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ። ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᐹᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ ᑲᔪᖅᐹᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᐹᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᓐᓄᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ ᑲᔪᖅᐹᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ።

Key Concepts

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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 1, "ᐅᖃᕐᕈᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/iu-Cans/chapters/1/

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Original

道可道，非常道；名可名，非常名。
无名天地之始，有名万物之母。
故常无欲，以观其妙；常有欲，以观其徼。
此两者同出而异名，同谓之玄。玄之又玄，众妙之门。

ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖅ

ᐅᖃᕐᕈᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᐹᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ። ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᐹᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ። ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᐹᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ ᑲᔪᖅᐹᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ። ᐱᔾᔪᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᐹᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᓐᓄᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ። ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᐹᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᓐᓄᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ ᑲᔪᖅᐹᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ። ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᐹᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᓐᓄᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ ᑲᔪᖅᐹᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᐹᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ። ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᐹᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᓐᓄᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ ᑲᔪᖅᐹᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᐹᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ።

ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕐᒥ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᓂᖅ

ᐅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᖅᑐᑦ?

ᖃᓄᖅ ᐊᑦᑐᐃᓂᖃᖅᐸ ᐃᒃᐱᒋᔭᕐᓂᒃ?

ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᐹᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᐹᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ።

ᓱᓇᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᒍᓐᓇᖅᐳᖓ?

ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᐹᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᐹᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᐅᔪᑦ።

ᐃᓗᓕᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᑦᑐᐊᓂᖃᖅᑐᑦ

Wang Bi (226–249 CE)

可道之道，可名之名，指事造形，非其常也。故不可道，不可名也。凡有皆始于无，故未形无名之时，则为万物之始。及其有形有名之时，则长之、育之、亭之、毒之，为其母也。

James Legge (1891)

The Tao that can be trodden is not the enduring and unchanging Tao. The name that can be named is not the enduring and unchanging name. (Conceived of as) having no name, it is the Originator of heaven and earth; (conceived of as) having a name, it is the Mother of all things.

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