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ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᑕᐅᑦᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖓᔪᑦ, ᐊᖏᕐᕋᓪᓕᖅᑎᑦᔮᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓄᕐᕿᓪᓕᖅᑐᑦ. ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᑕᐅᑦᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ, ᐊᖏᕐᕋᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᑎᑦᔭᐊᕐᓗ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᑦ. ᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᐊᕐᓗᐊᕐᓗ, ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓄᑖᑦ ᐅᑎᑦᔭᐊᕐᓗ ᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᑦ. ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓄᑖᖅ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᓚᑦ, ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐱᐊᓂᕐᓗᒍ.
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 46, "ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᑕᐅᑦᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖓᔪᑦ", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/iu-Cans/chapters/46/
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天下有道,却走马以粪。天下无道,戎马生于郊。
祸莫大于不知足,咎莫大于欲得。故知足之足,常足矣。
ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖅ
ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᑕᐅᑦᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓄᑖᑦ, ᐊᖏᕐᕋᓪᓕᖅᑎᑦᔮᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓄᕐᕿᓪᓕᖅᑐᑦ. ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᑕᐅᑦᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ, ᐊᖏᕐᕋᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᑎᑦᔭᐊᕐᓗᒍ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᑦ. ᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᐊᕐᓗᐊᕐᓗ, ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓄᑖᑦ ᐅᑎᑦᔭᐊᕐᓗ ᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᑦ. ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓄᑖᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᓪᓕᖅᑎᑦᔮᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖓᔪᑦ, ᐊᕐᓇᓐᓇᐃᑅᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᓪᓕᖅᑎᑦᔮᐅᔪᑦ. ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓄᑖᖅ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᓚᑦ, ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐱᐊᓂᕐᓗᒍ.
ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕐᒥ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᓂᖅ
ᐅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᖅᑐᑦ?
ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᑕᐅᑦᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖓᔪᑦ, ᐊᖏᕐᕋᓪᓕᖅᑎᑦᔮᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓄᕐᕿᓪᓕᖅᑐᑦ. ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᑕᐅᑦᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ, ᐊᖏᕐᕋᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᑎᑦᔭᐊᕐᓗ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᑦ. ᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᐊᕐᓗᐊᕐᓗ, ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓄᑖᑦ ᐅᑎᑦᔭᐊᕐᓗ ᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᑦ. ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓄᑖᖅ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᓚᑦ, ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐱᐊᓂᕐᓗᒍ.
ᖃᓄᖅ ᐊᑦᑐᐃᓂᖃᖅᐸ ᐃᒃᐱᒋᔭᕐᓂᒃ?
ᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᐊᕐᓗᐊᕐᓗ ᐊᓄᕌᒍᕐᓗ ᐊᓯᖏᑦ. ᐊᓄᕌᒍᕐᓗ ᐊᓯᖏᑦ, ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓄᑖᑦ ᐅᑎᑦᔭᐊᕐᓗ ᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᑦ. ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓄᑖᖅ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᓚᑦ, ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐱᐊᓂᕐᓗᒍ ᐊᖏᖅᑕᐅᓚᑦ. ᐊᖏᕐᕋᓪᓕᖅᑎᑦᔮᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᐊᓂᕐᓗᒍ ᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᐊᕐᓗᐊᕐᓗ.
ᓱᓇᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᒍᓐᓇᖅᐳᖓ?
ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓄᑖᑦ ᐊᓯᐊᑦ. ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓄᑖᖅ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᓚᑦ, ᐱᐊᓂᕐᓗᒍ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯ��ᕆᓚᑦ.
📜 ᐃᓄᐅᔭᒋᐊᕐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᖅᑐᑦ (Wang Bi · Legge · AI Modern)
James Legge (1891)
When the Tao prevails in the world, they send back their swift horses to (draw) the dung-carts. When the Tao is disregarded in the world, the war-horses breed in the border lands. There is no guilt greater than to sanction ambition; no calamity greater than to be discontented with one's lot; no fault greater than the wish to be getting.
AI Modern
ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᑕᐅᑦᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓄᑖᑦ, ᐊᖏᕐᕋᓪᓕᖅᑎᑦᔮᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓄᕐᕿᓪᓕᖅᑐᑦ. ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᑕᐅᑦᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ, ᐊᖏᕐᕋᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᑎᑦᔭᐊᕐᓗᒍ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᑦ. ᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᐊᕐᓗᐊᕐᓗ, ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓄᑖᑦ ᐅᑎᑦᔭᐊᕐᓗ ᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᑦ. ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓄᑖᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᓪᓕᖅᑎᑦᔮᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖓᔪᑦ, ᐊᕐᓇᓐᓇᐃᑅᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᓪᓕᖅᑎᑦᔮᐅᔪᑦ. ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᓄᑖᖅ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᓚᑦ, ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐱᐊᓂᕐᓗᒍ.
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