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ᐊᕕᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᑕᖄᓚᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ። ᐊᕕᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅ ᐂᓪᓕᖅ ᐊᓂᔪᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ። ᐊᕕᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅ ᐂᕐᓂᖅ ᐅᕙᓐᓂᓚᐅᓂᖅ። ᐊᕕᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅ ᓇᓃᓐᓂᖅ ᐊᐅᓚᖅ ᐂᕐᓂᖅ። ᓂᕐᓂᖅ ᐱᔾᔪᖅ ᑕᑯᔭᖅ ᓱᓕᕐᓗᐅᔪᖅ።
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 12, "ᐊᕕᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐱᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ።", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/iu-Cans/chapters/12/
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Original
五色令人目盲,五音令人耳聋,五味令人口爽,驰骋畋猎令人心发狂,难得之货令人行妨。
是以圣人为腹不为目,故去彼取此。
ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖅ
ᐊᕕᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐱᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᑕᖄᓚᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ። ᐊᕕᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅ ᐂᓪᓕᖅ ᐱᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᓂᔪᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ። ᐊᕕᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅ ᐂᕐᓂᖅ ᐱᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᐅᕙᓐᓂᓚᐅᓂᖅ። ᐊᕕᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅ ᓇᓃᓐᓂᖅ ᐱᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᐅᓚᖅ ᐂᕐᓂᖅ። ᐂᕐᓂᖅ ᓂᕐᓂᖅ ᐱᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᑕᑯᔭᖅ ᓱᓕᕐᓗᐅᔪᖅ። ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔩᑉ ᓱᕐᓗᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔩᑉ ᐅᖃᐅᓂᖅ። ᐊᕐᓱᕐᓂᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓂᖅ ᐆᔪᑦ ᐱᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ, ᐱᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᐂᕐᓂᖅ። ᑲᓐᓂᖅ ᓂᕐᓂᖅ ᑲᐅᑕᐅᔪᖅ።
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ᐅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᖅᑐᑦ?
ᐊᕕᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᑕᖄᓚᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ። ᐊᕕᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅ ᐂᓪᓕᖅ ᐊᓂᔪᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ። ᐊᕕᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅ ᐂᕐᓂᖅ ᐅᕙᓐᓂᓚᐅᓂᖅ። ᐊᕕᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅ ᓇᓃᓐᓂᖅ ᐊᐅᓚᖅ ᐂᕐᓂᖅ። ᓂᕐᓂᖅ ᐱᔾᔪᖅ ᑕᑯᔭᖅ ᓱᓕᕐᓗᐅᔪᖅ።
ᖃᓄᖅ ᐊᑦᑐᐃᓂᖃᖅᐸ ᐃᒃᐱᒋᔭᕐᓂᒃ?
ᐊᕕᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅ ᑕᑯᔭᖅ ᑲᑎᑎᐅᑎᔩᑉ ᐅᖃᐅᓂᖅ። ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᑲᑎᑎᐅᑎᔩᑉ ᑕᑯᔭᖅ ᐆᔪᑦ ᐱᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ። ᐊᕐᓱᕐᓂᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓂᖅ ᓂᕐᓂᖅ ᑕᑯᔭᖅ ᓱᓕᕐᓗᐅᔪᑦ። ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᖅᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ።
ᓱᓇᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᒍᓐᓇᖅᐳᖓ?
ᐅᖃᐅᓂᖅ ᐆᔪᑦ ᐱᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᐅᕙᓐᓂᓚᐅᓂᖅ። ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐱᐅᔪᖅ ᑲᑎᑎᐅᑎᔩᑉ ᓂᕐᓂᖅ ᓱᓕᕐᓗᐅᔪᑦ ᑕᑯᔭᖅ ᑲᑎᑎᐅᑎᔩᑉ። ᓂᕐᓂᖅ ᐱᔾᔪᖅ ᐃᓄᓪᓕᖅ ᑕᑯᔭᖅ ᐆᔪᑦ።
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James Legge (1891)
Colour's five hues from th' eyes their sight will take; Music's five notes the ears as deaf can make; The flavours five deprive the mouth of taste; The chariot course, and the wild hunting waste Make mad the mind; and objects rare and strange, Sought for, men's conduct will to evil change. Therefore the sage seeks to satisfy (the craving of) the belly, and not the (insatiable longing of) the eyes.
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ᐊᕕᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐱᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᑕᖄᓚᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ። ᐊᕕᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅ ᐂᓪᓕᖅ ᐱᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᓂᔪᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ። ᐊᕕᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅ ᐂᕐᓂᖅ ᐱᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᐅᕙᓐᓂᓚᐅᓂᖅ። ᐊᕕᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅ ᓇᓃᓐᓂᖅ ᐱᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᐅᓚᖅ ᐂᕐᓂᖅ። ᐂᕐᓂᖅ ᓂᕐᓂᖅ ᐱᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᑕᑯᔭᖅ ᓱᓕᕐᓗᐅᔪᖅ። ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔩᑉ ᓱᕐᓗᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔩᑉ ᐅᖃᐅᓂᖅ። ᐊᕐᓱᕐᓂᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓂᖅ ᐆᔪᑦ ᐱᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ, ᐱᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᐂᕐᓂᖅ። ᑲᓐᓂᖅ ᓂᕐᓂᖅ ᑲᐅᑕᐅᔪᖅ።
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