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ᐊᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᔨᑎᑦᑎᔩᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᔨᑎᑦᑎᔩᑦ። ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐱᖁᑎᖅᑲᕐᓗ ᐱᔪᑎᑦᑎᔩᑦ ᑲᔪᖅᑐᖅᐅᔪᑦ። ᐊᑦᑐᕌᖅᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᓯᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐱᕐᔪᐊᖅᐅᔪᑦ። ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᔨᑎᑦᑎᔩᑦ ᐊᑕᔪᖅ ᐊᖏᕐᕕᒃᓴᖅᑲᑎᔩᑦ።
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 4, "ᐊᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᔨᑎᑦᑎᔩᑦ", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/iu-Cans/chapters/4/
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道冲,而用之或不盈。渊兮,似万物之宗。
挫其锐,解其纷,和其光,同其尘。湛兮,似或存。
吾不知谁之子,象帝之先。
ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖅ
ᐊᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐊᑯᓐᓇᕐᔪᐊᑦ ᑲᔪᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᔨᑎᑦᑎᔩᑦ። ᐊᖏᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᔪᑎᑦᑎᔩᑦ ᑲᔪᖅᑐᑦᑑᓂᒃᑯᑦᑑᓂᒃᑯᓪᓕᖅᐅᔪᑦ።\n\nᐊᑦᑐᕌᖅᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᓯᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐱᕐᔪᐊᖅᐅᔪᑦ። ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐱᔪᑎᑦᑎᔩᑦ ᑲᔪᖅᑐᖅᐅᔪᑦ። ᐊᓯᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᑦᑐᕌᐅᔪᑦ ᑲᔪᖅᑐᖅᐅᔪᑦ። ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᑲᔪᖅᑐᖅᐅᔪᑦ።\n\nᐊᑯᓐᓇᕐᔪᐊᑦ ᐱᔨᑎᑦᑎᔩᑦ ᑲᐃᓕᐅᕐᔪᐊᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐅᓄᖅᑲᐅᒪᔪᑦ። ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐅᓄᖅᑲᐅᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᑕᔪᖅ ᐊᖏᕐᕕᒃᓴᖅᑲᑎᔩᑦ።
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ᐅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᖅᑐᑦ?
ᐊᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᔨᑎᑦᑎᔩᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᔨᑎᑦᑎᔩᑦ። ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐱᖁᑎᖅᑲᕐᓗ ᐱᔪᑎᑦᑎᔩᑦ ᑲᔪᖅᑐᖅᐅᔪᑦ። ᐊᑦᑐᕌᖅᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᓯᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐱᕐᔪᐊᖅᐅᔪᑦ። ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᔨᑎᑦᑎᔩᑦ ᐊᑕᔪᖅ ᐊᖏᕐᕕᒃᓴᖅᑲᑎᔩᑦ።
ᖃᓄᖅ ᐊᑦᑐᐃᓂᖃᖅᐸ ᐃᒃᐱᒋᔭᕐᓂᒃ?
ᐊᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᔨᑎᑦᑎᔩᑦ ᐅᓄᖅᑲᐅᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᑦᑐᕌᖅᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᔨᑎᑦᑎᔩᑦ። ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᔨᑎᑦᑎᔩᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐱᔪᑎᑦᑎᔩᑦ።
ᓱᓇᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᒍᓐᓇᖅᐳᖓ?
ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᔨᑎᑦᑎᔩᑦ ᐊᑦᑐᕌᖅᐅᔪᑦ። ᐊᑦᑐᕌᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅᐅᔪᑦ።
📜 ᐃᓄᐅᔭᒋᐊᕐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᖅᑐᑦ (Wang Bi · Legge · AI Modern)
James Legge (1891)
The Tao is (like) the emptiness of a vessel; and in our employment of it we must be on our guard against all fulness. How deep and unfathomable it is, as if it were the Honoured Ancestor of all things! We should blunt our sharp points, and unravel the complications of things; we should attemper our brightness, and bring ourselves into agreement with the obscurity of others. How pure and still the Tao is, as if it would ever so continue! I do not know whose son it is. It might appear to have been before God.
AI Modern
ᐊᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐊᑯᓐᓇᕐᔪᐊᑦ ᑲᔪᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᔨᑎᑦᑎᔩᑦ። ᐊᖏᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᔪᑎᑦᑎᔩᑦ ᑲᔪᖅᑐᑦᑑᓂᒃᑯᑦᑑᓂᒃᑯᓪᓕᖅᐅᔪᑦ።\n\nᐊᑦᑐᕌᖅᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᓯᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐱᕐᔪᐊᖅᐅᔪᑦ። ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐱᔪᑎᑦᑎᔩᑦ ᑲᔪᖅᑐᖅᐅᔪᑦ። ᐊᓯᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᑦᑐᕌᐅᔪᑦ ᑲᔪᖅᑐᖅᐅᔪᑦ። ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᑲᔪᖅᑐᖅᐅᔪᑦ።\n\nᐊᑯᓐᓇᕐᔪᐊᑦ ᐱᔨᑎᑦᑎᔩᑦ ᑲᐃᓕᐅᕐᔪᐊᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐅᓄᖅᑲᐅᒪᔪᑦ። ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐅᓄᖅᑲᐅᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᑕᔪᖅ ᐊᖏᕐᕕᒃᓴᖅᑲᑎᔩᑦ።
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