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ᐅᑎᑦᑎᔪᖅ ᖃᓄᐅᔭᒋᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᑲᑎᖅᑐᓗᓂ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᐊᑯᒍᐅᔪᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᐅᕐᓇᓱᐊᔨᒋᐊᕐᓗᓂᓂᒃ ᐊᑦᑐᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔪᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂᐅᔪᖅ
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 17, "ᐊᖏᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐱᓪᓚᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/iu-Cans/chapters/17/
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太上，下知有之；其次，亲而誉之；其次，畏之；其次，侮之。信不足焉，有不信焉。
ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖅ
ᐅᑎᑦᑎᔪᖅ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᖃᓄᐅᔭᒋᐊᕐᓗᒍᑦ ᑲᑎᖅᑐᓗᓂ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᐊᑯᒍᐅᔪᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᐅᕐᓇᓱᐊᔨᒋᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᔪᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᓂ ᐊᓂᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᐱᐃᓐᓇᕐᓗᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᑎᑎᖅᑎᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᐱᔪᑎᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂᓂᒃ ᑲᑎᖅᑐᓗᓂ ᐅᑎᑦᑎᔪᖅ ᖁᐅᑕᓯᒪᔪᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᐱᐃᔨᔪᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᓐᓂᐊᓐᓇᖅᑎᕐᓗᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᑲᐃᓐᓂᖓᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᓂ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔪᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᐱᐅᓚᐃᕐᓗᒍᑦ ᓱᒋᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᓂ ᓈᓚᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᐅᓚᐃᕐᓗᒍᑦ ᐊᔪᕐᓗᒍᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂᐅᔪᖅ
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ᐅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᖅᑐᑦ?
ᐅᑎᑦᑎᔪᖅ ᖃᓄᐅᔭᒋᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᑲᑎᖅᑐᓗᓂ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᐊᑯᒍᐅᔪᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᐅᕐᓇᓱᐊᔨᒋᐊᕐᓗᓂᓂᒃ ᐊᑦᑐᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔪᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂᐅᔪᖅ
ᖃᓄᖅ ᐊᑦᑐᐃᓂᖃᖅᐸ ᐃᒃᐱᒋᔭᕐᓂᒃ?
ᐃᓄᒐᓛᐃᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᐊᔪᕐᓗᒍᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂᐅᔪᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᓂᓂᒃ ᑕᐃᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᐅᔪᖅ ᑲᑎᖅᑐᓗᓂ ᐊᑯᒍᐅᔪᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂᐅᔪᖅ
ᓱᓇᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᒍᓐᓇᖅᐳᖓ?
ᑕᐅᓯᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᓂ ᐊᔪᕐᓗᒍᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᐱᐅᓚᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᑦᑐᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂᓂᒃ
📜 ᐃᓄᐅᔭᒋᐊᕐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᖅᑐᑦ (Wang Bi · Legge · AI Modern)
James Legge (1891)
In the highest antiquity, (the people) did not know that there were (their rulers). In the next age they loved them and praised them. In the next they feared them; in the next they despised them. Their work was done and their undertakings were successful, while the people all said, 'We are as we are, of ourselves!'
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ᐅᑎᑦᑎᔪᖅ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᖃᓄᐅᔭᒋᐊᕐᓗᒍᑦ ᑲᑎᖅᑐᓗᓂ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᐊᑯᒍᐅᔪᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᐅᕐᓇᓱᐊᔨᒋᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᔪᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᓂ ᐊᓂᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᐱᐃᓐᓇᕐᓗᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᑎᑎᖅᑎᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᐱᔪᑎᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂᓂᒃ ᑲᑎᖅᑐᓗᓂ ᐅᑎᑦᑎᔪᖅ ᖁᐅᑕᓯᒪᔪᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᐱᐃᔨᔪᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᓐᓂᐊᓐᓇᖅᑎᕐᓗᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᑲᐃᓐᓂᖓᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᓂ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔪᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᐱᐅᓚᐃᕐᓗᒍᑦ ᓱᒋᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᓂ ᓈᓚᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᐱᐅᓚᐃᕐᓗᒍᑦ ᐊᔪᕐᓗᒍᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂᐅᔪᖅ
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