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ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᐃᑦ ᐊᕐᔪᐅᑎᖃᐃᑦ ᓇᓃᐅᑦᑎᕐᓗ. ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᐃᑦ ᐊᖅᓂᖅᑐᐃᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᖅᑐᐃᑦ. ᐊᑦᔨᕐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᑦᔨᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ; ᐊᕐᔪᐅᕐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᔪᕐᓗ. ᐊᓄᑦᑕᕐᓇᖅᑐᐃᑦ ᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᐅᓇᖅᑐᖅ, ᓇᓃᕐᓇᖅᑐᖅ.
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 29, "ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᐃᑦ ᐅᕐᓂᖅᑐᐃᑦ ᐱᑦᔪᖅᑐᐃᑦ", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/iu-Cans/chapters/29/
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将欲取天下而为之，吾见其不得已。天下神器，不可为也。为者败之，执者失之。
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ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᐃᑦ ᐅᕐᓂᖅᑐᐃᑦ ᐱᑦᔪᖅᑐᐃᑦ, ᐊᑦᔨᕐᓇᖅᑐᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗ. ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᐃᑦ ᐊᕐᔪᐅᑎᖃᐃᑦ ᓇᓃᐅᑦᑎᕐᓗ, ᐊᑦᔨᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ. ᐊᑦᔨᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᑦᔨᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ; ᐊᕐᔪᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᔪᕐᓗ. ᐅᑎᖃᐅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗ, ᐊᓄᑦᑕᕐᓇᖅᑐᐃᑦ ᐊᖅᑓᒍᓗ, ᐊᖅᑓᒍᓗ, ᐊᓄᑦᑕᕐᓇᖅᑐᐃᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᓗ. ᐊᓄᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᖅᑓᒍᓗ, ᑲᓇᕐᓗ, ᐆᑦᔪᓗ, ᐅᕙᓐᓂᒃᓴᖅ. ᑲᑎᑎᕐᓇᖅᑐᐃᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᐱᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ, ᐆᑦᔪᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ, ᑲᑎᑎᕐᓇᖅᑐᐃᑦ.
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ᐅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᖅᑐᑦ?
ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᐃᑦ ᐊᕐᔪᐅᑎᖃᐃᑦ ᓇᓃᐅᑦᑎᕐᓗ. ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᐃᑦ ᐊᖅᓂᖅᑐᐃᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᖅᑐᐃᑦ. ᐊᑦᔨᕐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᑦᔨᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ; ᐊᕐᔪᐅᕐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᔪᕐᓗ. ᐊᓄᑦᑕᕐᓇᖅᑐᐃᑦ ᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᐅᓇᖅᑐᖅ, ᓇᓃᕐᓇᖅᑐᖅ.
ᖃᓄᖅ ᐊᑦᑐᐃᓂᖃᖅᐸ ᐃᒃᐱᒋᔭᕐᓂᒃ?
ᐆᑦᔪᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓂᖅ ᓂᑦᑕᕐᓇᖅᑐᖅ. ᐆᔨᒃᑲᐅᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᓄᓇᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ. ᐊᕐᔪᐅᑎᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓂᖅ ᓂᕐᓗ. ᐊᓄᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᖅᑓᒍᓗ, ᓄᓇᖅᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ.
ᓱᓇᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᒍᓐᓇᖅᐳᖓ?
ᐆᑦᔪᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓂᖅ ᐅᓐᓂᖅᑐᐅᑎᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ. ᐊᑦᔨᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ. ᑕᐅᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᓂᖅᑲᐅᒪᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ.
📜 ᐃᓄᐅᔭᒋᐊᕐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᖅᑐᑦ (Wang Bi · Legge · AI Modern)
James Legge (1891)
If any one should wish to get the kingdom for himself, and to effect this by what he does, I see that he will not succeed. The kingdom is a spirit-like thing, and cannot be got by active doing. He who would so win it destroys it; he who would hold it in his grasp loses it.
AI Modern
ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᐃᑦ ᐅᕐᓂᖅᑐᐃᑦ ᐱᑦᔪᖅᑐᐃᑦ, ᐊᑦᔨᕐᓇᖅᑐᖅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗ. ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᐃᑦ ᐊᕐᔪᐅᑎᖃᐃᑦ ᓇᓃᐅᑦᑎᕐᓗ, ᐊᑦᔨᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ. ᐊᑦᔨᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᑦᔨᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ; ᐊᕐᔪᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᔪᕐᓗ. ᐅᑎᖃᐅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗ, ᐊᓄᑦᑕᕐᓇᖅᑐᐃᑦ ᐊᖅᑓᒍᓗ, ᐊᖅᑓᒍᓗ, ᐊᓄᑦᑕᕐᓇᖅᑐᐃᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᓗ. ᐊᓄᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᖅᑓᒍᓗ, ᑲᓇᕐᓗ, ᐆᑦᔪᓗ, ᐅᕙᓐᓂᒃᓴᖅ. ᑲᑎᑎᕐᓇᖅᑐᐃᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᐱᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ, ᐆᑦᔪᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ, ᑲᑎᑎᕐᓇᖅᑐᐃᑦ.
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