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ᐅᑎᑦᑎᐊᕐᓗᒍ ᐊᓈᓇᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ. ᐅᑎᑦᑎᐊᕐᓗᒍ��ᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐋᖅᑬᒥᐊᑦ, ᐅᑕᖅᑭᑦ ᐊᑎᑕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᑦ. ᐅᑕᖅᑭᑦ ᐊᑎᑕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᑦ ᐊᓈᓇᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ, ᐃᑲᔪᖅ ᐱᓪᓚᖅᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᑉ ᐅᑎᑦᑎᐊᕐᓗᒍ��ᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᑦᔨᖨᒋᑦ.
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 52, "ᐅᑎᑦᑎᐊᕐᓗᒍ ᐊᓈᓇ", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/iu-Cans/chapters/52/
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天下有始，以为天下母。既得其母，以知其子；既知其子，复守其母，没身不殆。
ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖅ
ᐅᑎᑦᑎᐊᕐᓗᒍ ᐊᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᑦ ᐊᓈᓇᓐᓂᐊᕐᓗᒍᑦ. ᐊᓈᓇᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᑎᑕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᑦ ᐋᖅᑬᒥᐊᑦ, ᐋᖅᑬᒥᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᓈᓇᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᑦ. ᐅᑕᖅᑭᑦ ᐊᑎᑕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᑦ ᐊᓈᓇᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ, ᐊᓈᓇᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᑦᔨᖨᒋᑦ, ᐱᓪᓚᓐᓇᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᑦ. ᓄᓇᓕᐅᑉ ᐊᑦᔨᖨᒋᑦ, ᐅᑉᐱᑦ ᐊᑦᔨᖨᒋᑦ, ᐃᑲᔪᖅ ᓱᓕ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖅ. ᓄᓇᓕᐅᑉ ᐅᑉᐱᑦ ᖃᖅᑬᑦ, ᐱᖁᑎᑦᑎᓪᓗᑦ, ᐃᑲᔪᖅ ᐊᓯᖏᑦ. ᐅᐅᓐᓄᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᖅ ᐊᐅᓚᖅᑐᑦ, ᐊᓐᓄᖅᑎᑦᑎᓪᓗᑦ ᐱᓪᓚᖅᑐᑦ. ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᖁᑎᑦᑎᓪᓗᑦ, ᐃᑲᔪᖅ ᓂᓐᓇᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᑕᐅᑯᓪᓕᑎᑦᑎᓪᓗᑦ, ᐃᓱᒪᒋᑦ ᐃᓗᐊᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᑦ. ᐅᑎᑦᑎᐊᕐᓗᒍᑦ ᐱᐅᓪᓗᑦ ᐊᕐᓱᕈᑎᖅ.
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ᐅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᖅᑐᑦ?
ᐅᑎᑦᑎᐊᕐᓗᒍ ᐊᓈᓇᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ. ᐅᑎᑦᑎᐊᕐᓗᒍ��ᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐋᖅᑬᒥᐊᑦ, ᐅᑕᖅᑭᑦ ᐊᑎᑕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᑦ. ᐅᑕᖅᑭᑦ ᐊᑎᑕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᑦ ᐊᓈᓇᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ, ᐃᑲᔪᖅ ᐱᓪᓚᖅᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᑉ ᐅᑎᑦᑎᐊᕐᓗᒍ��ᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᑦᔨᖨᒋᑦ.
ᖃᓄᖅ ᐊᑦᑐᐃᓂᖃᖅᐸ ᐃᒃᐱᒋᔭᕐᓂᒃ?
ᐃᓄᒃᑎᐊᕆᐊᕐᓗᒍᑦ ᐱᐅᓪᓗᑦ ᐊᓈᓇᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ. ᓇᓃᖅᑐᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑐᑦ ᓂᓐᓇᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᑎᑕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓐᓇᐊᖅᑐᑦ. ᓇᓃᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅ ᐱᓪᓚᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᑎᑦᑎᐊᕐᓗᒍ��ᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᑎᑎᕋᖅᑐᑦ.
ᓱᓇᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᒍᓐᓇᖅᐳᖓ?
ᐅᑉᐱᑦ ᐊᑦᔨᖨᒋᑦ. ᐅᑎᑦᑎᐊᕐᓗᒍ��ᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᑦᔨᖨᒋᑦ. ᓇᓃᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᓐᓄᖅᑎᑦᑎᓪᓗᑦ ᐱᓪᓚᖅᑐᑦ.
📜 ᐃᓄᐅᔭᒋᐊᕐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᖅᑐᑦ (Wang Bi · Legge · AI Modern)
James Legge (1891)
(The Tao) which originated all under the sky is to be considered as the mother of them all. When the mother is found, we know what her children should be. The perception of what is small is (the secret of) clear-sightedness; the guarding of what is soft and tender is (the secret of) strength.
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ᐅᑎᑦᑎᐊᕐᓗᒍ ᐊᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᑦ ᐊᓈᓇᓐᓂᐊᕐᓗᒍᑦ. ᐊᓈᓇᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᑎᑕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᑦ ᐋᖅᑬᒥᐊᑦ, ᐋᖅᑬᒥᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᓈᓇᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᑦ. ᐅᑕᖅᑭᑦ ᐊᑎᑕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᑦ ᐊᓈᓇᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ, ᐊᓈᓇᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᑦᔨᖨᒋᑦ, ᐱᓪᓚᓐᓇᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᑦ. ᓄᓇᓕᐅᑉ ᐊᑦᔨᖨᒋᑦ, ᐅᑉᐱᑦ ᐊᑦᔨᖨᒋᑦ, ᐃᑲᔪᖅ ᓱᓕ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖅ. ᓄᓇᓕᐅᑉ ᐅᑉᐱᑦ ᖃᖅᑬᑦ, ᐱᖁᑎᑦᑎᓪᓗᑦ, ᐃᑲᔪᖅ ᐊᓯᖏᑦ. ᐅᐅᓐᓄᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᖅ ᐊᐅᓚᖅᑐᑦ, ᐊᓐᓄᖅᑎᑦᑎᓪᓗᑦ ᐱᓪᓚᖅᑐᑦ. ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑐᑦ ᐱᖁᑎᑦᑎᓪᓗᑦ, ᐃᑲᔪᖅ ᓂᓐᓇᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᑕᐅᑯᓪᓕᑎᑦᑎᓪᓗᑦ, ᐃᓱᒪᒋᑦ ᐃᓗᐊᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᑦ. ᐅᑎᑦᑎᐊᕐᓗᒍᑦ ᐱᐅᓪᓗᑦ ᐊᕐᓱᕈᑎᖅ.
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