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ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐱᐅᔪᖅ ᑕᐃᑲᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ። ᐊᑦᑎᖅ ᑕᑯᔭᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ, ᐅᑉᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐊᑕᙳᐅᑎᑦᑎᓚᑦᑎᔪᖅ ᐱᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ። ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔩᑉ ᐅᖄᓂᒃ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᕕᒃᐅᔪᖅ።
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 11, "ᐊᓄᓪᓕᖅ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔩᑉ", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/iu-Cans/chapters/11/
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三十辐共一毂,当其无,有车之用。
埏埴以为器,当其无,有器之用。
凿户牖以为室,当其无,有室之用。
故有之以为利,无之以为用。
ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖅ
ᐱᓪᓚᑦᑎᑦᑎᐊᓚᑏᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᖅ ᐱᐅᔪᑦ ᐆᔪᑦ ᐊᑕᙳᐅᑎᑦᑎᕗᑦ, ᑎᑎᕋᖅ ᐱᓪᓚᖅ ᐊᐅᓚᖅ ᐊᖅᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐅᖄᓂᒃ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᕕᒃᐅᔪᖅ። ᐊᖅᑕᐅᑎᑕᐅᓚᑏᑦ ᓄᓇᖅ ᐱᐅᔪᑦ, ᑎᑎᕋᖅ ᐱᓪᓚᖅ ᐅᖄᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᖅ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᕕᒃᐅᔪᖅ። ᐅᕝᕕᐊᑦᑎᕕᒃᐅᔪᑦ ᑯᐊᓇᓚᑦᑎᓚᑏᑦ, ᑎᑎᕋᖅ ᐱᓪᓚᖅ ᐊᐅᓚᖅ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᕕᒃᐅᔪᖅ። ᑲᑎᑎᕐᓇᖅ ᐱᐅᔪᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓂᖅ, ᐊᓄᓪᓕᖅ ᐊᕐᓱᕈᑎᐅᑎᔩᑉ ᐱᔾᔪᖅ።
ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕐᒥ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᓂᖅ
ᐅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᖅᑐᑦ?
ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐱᐅᔪᖅ ᑕᐃᑲᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ። ᐊᑦᑎᖅ ᑕᑯᔭᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ, ᐅᑉᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐊᑕᙳᐅᑎᑦᑎᓚᑦᑎᔪᖅ ᐱᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ። ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔩᑉ ᐅᖄᓂᒃ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᕕᒃᐅᔪᖅ።
ᖃᓄᖅ ᐊᑦᑐᐃᓂᖃᖅᐸ ᐃᒃᐱᒋᔭᕐᓂᒃ?
ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓂᖅ ᑎᑎᕋᖅ ᐱᑦᔪᖅ ᑕᐃᑲᐅᓚᑏᑦ, ᑕᑯᔭᖅ ᑲᑎᑎᐅᑎᔩᑉ ᐱᔾᔪᖅ። ᓇᓃᓐᓂᐊᕐᓱᕈᑎᐅᓚᑦ ᐊᓄᓪᓕᖅ ᐊᑦᑎᖅ ᑲᐅᑕᐅᔪᖅ። ᐅᑉᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐊᑦᑎᖅ ᑕᑯᔭᖅ ᐊᖅᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ።
ᓱᓇᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᒍᓐᓇᖅᐳᖓ?
ᐱᕐᓱᕈᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᑦᑎᓚᑦ ᐊᓄᓪᓕᖅ ᐱᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᕐᓱᕈᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅ። ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔩᑉ ᑕᑯᔭᖅ ᑲᑎᑎᐅᑎᔩᑉ ᐊᖅᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᑕᐃᑲᐅᔪᑦᑎᔪᑦ።
📜 ᐃᓄᐅᔭᒋᐊᕐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᖅᑐᑦ (Wang Bi · Legge · AI Modern)
Wang Bi (226–249 CE)
毂所以能统三十辐者,无也。以其无能受物之故,故能以寡统众也。木、埴、壁所以成三者,而皆以无为用也。言无者,有之所以为利,皆赖无以为用也。
James Legge (1891)
The thirty spokes unite in the one nave; but it is on the empty space (for the axle), that the use of the wheel depends. Clay is fashioned into vessels; but it is on their empty hollowness, that their use depends.
AI Modern
ᐱᓪᓚᑦᑎᑦᑎᐊᓚᑏᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᖅ ᐱᐅᔪᑦ ᐆᔪᑦ ᐊᑕᙳᐅᑎᑦᑎᕗᑦ, ᑎᑎᕋᖅ ᐱᓪᓚᖅ ᐊᐅᓚᖅ ᐊᖅᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐅᖄᓂᒃ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᕕᒃᐅᔪᖅ። ᐊᖅᑕᐅᑎᑕᐅᓚᑏᑦ ᓄᓇᖅ ᐱᐅᔪᑦ, ᑎᑎᕋᖅ ᐱᓪᓚᖅ ᐅᖄᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᖅ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᕕᒃᐅᔪᖅ። ᐅᕝᕕᐊᑦᑎᕕᒃᐅᔪᑦ ᑯᐊᓇᓚᑦᑎᓚᑏᑦ, ᑎᑎᕋᖅ ᐱᓪᓚᖅ ᐊᐅᓚᖅ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᕕᒃᐅᔪᖅ። ᑲᑎᑎᕐᓇᖅ ᐱᐅᔪᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓂᖅ, ᐊᓄᓪᓕᖅ ᐊᕐᓱᕈᑎᐅᑎᔩᑉ ᐱᔾᔪᖅ።
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