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ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᓪᓕᕋᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔪᑦ ᐅᑕᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᖕᓗᓚᑦ፣ ᐱᓪᓕᕆᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᑕᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᑍᐅᑦ፣ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᔪᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔪᑦ። ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᓪᓕᕋᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᖕᓇᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔪᑦ፣ ᐱᖕᓗᓚᑦ።
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 66, "ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᓪᓕᕋᑦ።", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/iu-Cans/chapters/66/
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Original
江海所以能为百谷王者,以其善下之,故能为百谷王。
是以欲上民,必以言下之;欲先民,必以身后之。
是以圣人处上而民不重,处前而民不害。是以天下乐推而不厌。
以其不争,故天下莫能与之争。
ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖅ
ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᓪᓕᕋᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔪᑦ ᐅᑕᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᖕᓗᓚᑦ፣ ᐱᓪᓕᕆᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᑕᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᑍᐅᑦ፣ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᔪᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔪᑦ። ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᓪᓕᕋᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᖕᓇᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔪᑦ፣ ᐱᖕᓗᓚᑦ። ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᓪᓕᕋᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᓐᓄᔨᐅᔪᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔪᑦ፣ ᐱᖕᓗᓚᑦ። ᐅᑕᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᖕᓇᔭᐅᔪᑦ፣ ᐅᑕᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᑍᐅᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᐱᖕᓗᓚᑦ። ᐅᑕᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᖕᓗᓚᑦ፣ ᐱᓪᓕᕆᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᐱᖕᓗᓚᑦ። ᐊᔾᔨᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᖕᓇᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔪᑦ ᐱᖕᓗᓚᑦ፣ ᐅᑕᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔪᑦ፣ ᐊᔾᔨᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᓐᓄᔨᐅᔪᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔪᑦ፣ ᐱᖕᓗᓚᑦ።
ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕐᒥ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᓂᖅ
ᐅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᖅᑐᑦ?
ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᓪᓕᕋᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔪᑦ ᐅᑕᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᖕᓗᓚᑦ፣ ᐱᓪᓕᕆᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᑕᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᑍᐅᑦ፣ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᔪᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔪᑦ። ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᓪᓕᕋᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᖕᓇᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔪᑦ፣ ᐱᖕᓗᓚᑦ።
ᖃᓄᖅ ᐊᑦᑐᐃᓂᖃᖅᐸ ᐃᒃᐱᒋᔭᕐᓂᒃ?
ᐊᖕᓇᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔪᑦ ᐱᓪᓕᕋᑦ፣ ᐅᑕᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᑍᐅᑦ ᐱᖕᓗᓚᑦ። ᐊᔾᔨᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᐱᖕᓗᓚᑦ ᐅᑕᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ፣ ᐊᔾᔨᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᓐᓄᔨᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᖕᓗᓚᑦ።
ᓱᓇᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᒍᓐᓇᖅᐳᖓ?
ᐊᖕᓇᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᔪᑦ ᐱᓪᓕᕆᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᑕᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ፣ ᐊᔾᔨᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᖕᓇᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔪᑦ፣ ᐱᖕᓗᓚᑦ።
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James Legge (1891)
That whereby the rivers and seas are able to receive the homage and tribute of all the valley streams, is their skill in being lower than they; it is thus that they are the kings of them all. So it is that the sage (ruler), wishing to be above men, puts himself by his words below them.
AI Modern
ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᓪᓕᕋᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔪᑦ ᐅᑕᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᖕᓗᓚᑦ፣ ᐱᓪᓕᕆᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᑕᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᑍᐅᑦ፣ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᔪᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔪᑦ። ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᓪᓕᕋᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᖕᓇᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔪᑦ፣ ᐱᖕᓗᓚᑦ። ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᓪᓕᕋᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᓐᓄᔨᐅᔪᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔪᑦ፣ ᐱᖕᓗᓚᑦ። ᐅᑕᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᖕᓇᔭᐅᔪᑦ፣ ᐅᑕᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᑍᐅᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᐱᖕᓗᓚᑦ። ᐅᑕᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᖕᓗᓚᑦ፣ ᐱᓪᓕᕆᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᐱᖕᓗᓚᑦ። ᐊᔾᔨᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᖕᓇᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔪᑦ ᐱᖕᓗᓚᑦ፣ ᐅᑕᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔪᑦ፣ ᐊᔾᔨᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᓐᓄᔨᐅᔪᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔪᑦ፣ ᐱᖕᓗᓚᑦ።
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