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ᐱᓐᓇᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐱᖅᑕᖅᑭᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᕐᓂᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐊᑦᑐᐊᓯᖅᐱᑦ. ᐅᖃᐅᓯ�kᐅᑲᑦ ᐊᐃᓄᑦ ᐱᖅᑕᖅᑭᑦ, ᐊᐃᓄᑦ ᐊᑦᑐᐊᓯᖅᑭᑦ, ᐊᐃᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒪᔪᑉ ᐊᑦᑐᐊᓯᖅᐊᑦ. ᐊᕐᓱᕐᓂᖅ ᐱᓐᓇᖅ ᑲᙱᓐᓂᖅ ᐱᖅᑕᖅᑭᑦ, ᐱᓐᓇᖅ ᐊᑦᑐᐊᓯᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒪᔪᑉ ᐱᖅᑕᖅᑭᑦ.
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 50, "ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐊᑦᑐᐊᓯᖅ", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/iu-Cans/chapters/50/
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出生入死。生之徒十有三,死之徒十有三,人之生动之死地亦十有三。夫何故?以其生生之厚。
盖闻善摄生者,陆行不遇兕虎,入军不被甲兵。兕无所投其角,虎无所措其爪,兵无所容其刃。夫何故?以其无死地。
ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖅ
ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐊᑦᑐᐊᓯᖅᐱᑦ. ᐅᖃᐅᓯ�kᐅᑲᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᕐᓂᖓ ᐊᐃᓄᑦ ᐊᑦᑐᐊᓯᖓ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᕐᓗᐊᑦ, ᐊᐃᓄᑦ ᐊᑦᑐᐊᓯᖓ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᕐᓗᐊᑦ, ᐅᖃᐅᓯ�kᐅᑲᑦ ᐱᓐᓇᖅ ᐊᑦᑐᐊᓯᖓᐊᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᕐᓗᐊᑦ. ᐊᐃᑲᔪᖅ ᐊᕐᓱᕐᓗ? ᑲᙱᓐᓂᖅ ᐱᖅᑕᖅᑭᑦ ᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ.
ᑲᔪᓐᓇᖅ ᐊᕐᓱᕐᓂᖅ ᐱᓐᓇᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐱᓪᓚᔪᖅ: ᐊᕐᖅᑭᑦ ᑲᔪᖅ ᐱᑦᔪᑉ ᐄᓯᒪᔪᑦ, ᐅᐊᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᑲᔪᖅ ᐄᓯᒪᔪᑦ, ᑲᒃᑴᐊ ᑲᔪᖅ ᓈᓚᒃᓐᓂᐊᕐᓗᐊᑦ. ᐊᐃᑲᔪᖅ ᐊᕐᓱᕐᓗ? ᑲᙱᓐᓂᖅ ᐊᑦᑐᐊᓯᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒪᔪᑉ ᐱᖅᑕᖅᑭᑦ.
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ᐅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᖅᑐᑦ?
ᐱᓐᓇᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐱᖅᑕᖅᑭᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᕐᓂᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐊᑦᑐᐊᓯᖅᐱᑦ. ᐅᖃᐅᓯ�kᐅᑲᑦ ᐊᐃᓄᑦ ᐱᖅᑕᖅᑭᑦ, ᐊᐃᓄᑦ ᐊᑦᑐᐊᓯᖅᑭᑦ, ᐊᐃᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒪᔪᑉ ᐊᑦᑐᐊᓯᖅᐊᑦ. ᐊᕐᓱᕐᓂᖅ ᐱᓐᓇᖅ ᑲᙱᓐᓂᖅ ᐱᖅᑕᖅᑭᑦ, ᐱᓐᓇᖅ ᐊᑦᑐᐊᓯᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒪᔪᑉ ᐱᖅᑕᖅᑭᑦ.
ᖃᓄᖅ ᐊᑦᑐᐃᓂᖃᖅᐸ ᐃᒃᐱᒋᔭᕐᓂᒃ?
ᐱᖅᑕᖅᑭᑦ ᐱᖅᑕᖅᑭᓪᓕᖅᐅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓗᐊᑦ. ᑲᙳᓐᓂᖅ ᐊᑦᑐᐊᓯᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒪᔪᑉ ᐱᖅᑕᖅᑭᑦ. ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒪᔪᑉ ᐱᖅᑕᖅᑭᑦ ᐊᑦᑐᐊᓯᖅ, ᑲᙳᓐᓂᖅ ᐱᖅᑕᖅᑭᑦ.
ᓱᓇᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᒍᓐᓇᖅᐳᖓ?
ᐱᖅᑕᖅᑭᑦ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ ᐱᖅᑕᖅᑭᑦ ᐊᑦᑐᐊᓯᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒪᔪᑉ ᑲᙳᓐᓂᖅ. ᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐱᖅᑕᖅᑭᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᕐᓗᐊᑦ, ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐊᑦᑐᐊᓯᖅᐱᑦ.
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James Legge (1891)
Men come forth and live; they enter (again) and die. Of every ten three are ministers of life (to themselves); and three are ministers of death. But I have heard that he who is skilful in managing the life entrusted to him for a time travels on the land without having to shun rhinoceros or tiger, and enters a host without having to avoid buff coat or sharp weapon. Because there is in him no place of death.
AI Modern
ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐊᑦᑐᐊᓯᖅᐱᑦ. ᐅᖃᐅᓯ�kᐅᑲᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᕐᓂᖓ ᐊᐃᓄᑦ ᐊᑦᑐᐊᓯᖓ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᕐᓗᐊᑦ, ᐊᐃᓄᑦ ᐊᑦᑐᐊᓯᖓ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᕐᓗᐊᑦ, ᐅᖃᐅᓯ�kᐅᑲᑦ ᐱᓐᓇᖅ ᐊᑦᑐᐊᓯᖓᐊᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᕐᓗᐊᑦ. ᐊᐃᑲᔪᖅ ᐊᕐᓱᕐᓗ? ᑲᙱᓐᓂᖅ ᐱᖅᑕᖅᑭᑦ ᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ.
ᑲᔪᓐᓇᖅ ᐊᕐᓱᕐᓂᖅ ᐱᓐᓇᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅ ᐱᓪᓚᔪᖅ: ᐊᕐᖅᑭᑦ ᑲᔪᖅ ᐱᑦᔪᑉ ᐄᓯᒪᔪᑦ, ᐅᐊᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᑲᔪᖅ ᐄᓯᒪᔪᑦ, ᑲᒃᑴᐊ ᑲᔪᖅ ᓈᓚᒃᓐᓂᐊᕐᓗᐊᑦ. ᐊᐃᑲᔪᖅ ᐊᕐᓱᕐᓗ? ᑲᙱᓐᓂᖅ ᐊᑦᑐᐊᓯᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒪᔪᑉ ᐱᖅᑕᖅᑭᑦ.
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