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ᐃᓄᐅᑎᕆᐅᓚᐃᑦ ᐱᓪᓚᓐᓇᔭᐅᓂᑦ ᑕᖅᑭᑦᑐᐊᕈᑎᓪᓗᒍ. ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓂᑦ ᑕᖅᑭᑦᑐᐊᕈᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐱᓪᓚᓐᓇᔭᐅᓂᑦ ᐱᕈᕐᕆᔭᐅᓂᑦ. ᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᓚᐃᑦ ᐱᕈᕐᕆᔭᐅᓂᑦ, ᓂᕐᕆᔩᑦ ᐱᐊᖓᑦᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᖓᑦᑐᓚᐃᑦ.
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 74, "ᐃᓄᐅᑎᕆᐅᓚᐃᑦ ᑕᖅᑭᑦᑐᐊᕈᑎᓪᓗᒍ", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/iu-Cans/chapters/74/
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民不畏死，奈何以死惧之？若使民常畏死，而为奇者，吾得执而杀之，孰敢？
ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖅ
ᐃᓄᐅᑎᕆᐅᓚᐃᑦ ᑕᖅᑭᑦᑐᐊᕈᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐱᓪᓚᓐᓇᔭᐅᓂᑦ ᑕᖅᑭᑦᑐᐊᕈᑎᓪᓗᒍ. ᐅᓪᓗᖅ ᑕᖅᑭᑦᑐᐊᕈᑎᓪᓗᒍ? ᐃᓄᐅᑎᕆᐅᓚᐃᑦ ᐱᓪᓚᓐᓇᔭᐅᓂᑦ ᑕᖅᑭᑦᑐᐊᕈᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᐅᓚᐃᑦ ᐱᕈᕐᕆᔭᐅᓂᑦ, ᐅᓯᐅᓚᐃᑦ. ᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᓚᐃᑦ ᓇᓂᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᐊᓚᐃᑦ. ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᐊᓚᐃᑦ, ᑎᓴᓚᐃᑦ, ᐱᕈᕐᕆᔭᐅᓂᑦ. ᑲᐅᓚᐃᑦ, ᐱᕈᕐᕆᔭᐅᓂᑦ, ᑎᓴᓚᐃᑦ.
ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕐᒥ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᓂᖅ
ᐅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᖅᑐᑦ?
ᐃᓄᐅᑎᕆᐅᓚᐃᑦ ᐱᓪᓚᓐᓇᔭᐅᓂᑦ ᑕᖅᑭᑦᑐᐊᕈᑎᓪᓗᒍ. ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓂᑦ ᑕᖅᑭᑦᑐᐊᕈᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐱᓪᓚᓐᓇᔭᐅᓂᑦ ᐱᕈᕐᕆᔭᐅᓂᑦ. ᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᓚᐃᑦ ᐱᕈᕐᕆᔭᐅᓂᑦ, ᓂᕐᕆᔩᑦ ᐱᐊᖓᑦᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᖓᑦᑐᓚᐃᑦ.
ᖃᓄᖅ ᐊᑦᑐᐃᓂᖃᖅᐸ ᐃᒃᐱᒋᔭᕐᓂᒃ?
ᓇᔭᐅᓂᑦ ᑎᓴᓚᐃᑦ ᑲᔪᖅᑎᕐᕕᒋᑦ, ᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᓚᐃᑦ ᐱᕈᕐᕆᔭᐅᓂᑦ. ᓂᕐᕆᔩᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᐊᓚᐃᑦ, ᐅᓇᐅᕐᕅᔪᑦ ᐅᑎᔪᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᑲᐊᕐᕕᓂᑦ.
ᓱᓇᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᒍᓐᓇᖅᐳᖓ?
ᐅᓇᐅᕐᕅᔪᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᐊᓚᐃᑦ ᐱᕈᕐᕆᔭᐅᓂᑦ. ᓂᕐᕆᔩᑦ ᐱᐊᖓᑦᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᓚᐃᑦ, ᑕᕐᕆᐊᓂᑦ ᐱᕈᕐᕆᔭᐅᓂᑦ ᐅᑦᑎᓚᐃᑦ.
📜 ᐃᓄᐅᔭᒋᐊᕐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᖅᑐᑦ (Wang Bi · Legge · AI Modern)
James Legge (1891)
The people do not fear death; to what purpose is it to (try to) frighten them with death? If the people were always in awe of death, and I could always seize those who do wrong, and put them to death, who would dare to do wrong? There is always One who presides over the infliction of death.
AI Modern
ᐃᓄᐅᑎᕆᐅᓚᐃᑦ ᑕᖅᑭᑦᑐᐊᕈᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐱᓪᓚᓐᓇᔭᐅᓂᑦ ᑕᖅᑭᑦᑐᐊᕈᑎᓪᓗᒍ. ᐅᓪᓗᖅ ᑕᖅᑭᑦᑐᐊᕈᑎᓪᓗᒍ? ᐃᓄᐅᑎᕆᐅᓚᐃᑦ ᐱᓪᓚᓐᓇᔭᐅᓂᑦ ᑕᖅᑭᑦᑐᐊᕈᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᐅᓚᐃᑦ ᐱᕈᕐᕆᔭᐅᓂᑦ, ᐅᓯᐅᓚᐃᑦ. ᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᓚᐃᑦ ᓇᓂᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᐊᓚᐃᑦ. ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᐊᓚᐃᑦ, ᑎᓴᓚᐃᑦ, ᐱᕈᕐᕆᔭᐅᓂᑦ. ᑲᐅᓚᐃᑦ, ᐱᕈᕐᕆᔭᐅᓂᑦ, ᑎᓴᓚᐃᑦ.
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