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ᐱᐅᓯ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᕐᓗᒍ ᐅᑎᖅᑲᓐᓂᖅ, ᐊᑎᐊᕐᓗᒍ ᐊᓯᖅ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᕐᓗᒍ ᐱᑕᖃᓚᑦ. ᐊᓯᖅ ᐱᑕᖃᓚᑦ ᐊᓯᖅ ᑎᑎᔨᒐᓗ, ᑎᑎᔨᒐᖅ ᐊᓯᖅ ᐊᓯᖅ. ᐊᖅᑕᐅᔩᑦ ᐊᐊᓪᓕᐅᔩᑦ ᐅᐊᑦᑐᐊᓪᓕᒻ, ᐊᑎᐊᕐᓗᒍ ᐊᓯᖅ ᐊᖏᖅᑎᑦ. ᐱᐅᓯ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᖅ ᐱᑕᖃᓚᑦ ᐅᑎᖅᑲᓐᓂᖅ, ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᖅ ᐊᐃᓈᓐᓇᐊᓚᑦ ᐱᑕᖃᓚᑦ.
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 81, "ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᕐᓗᒍ ᐊᑎᐊᓪᓕᐊᓚᑦ", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/iu-Cans/chapters/81/
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信言不美，美言不信。善者不辩，辩者不善。知者不博，博者不知。
ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖅ
ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᖅ ᐅᑎᑦᑎᔩᑦ ᐊᑎᐊᓪᓕᐊᑦᑎᑦ, ᐊᑎᐊᓪᓕᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅ ᐅᑎᑦᑎᔨᖅ ᐊᑎᐊᓪᓕᐊᑦᑎᑦ. ᐊᓯᖅ ᐊᓯᖅ ᑎᑎᔨᒐᓗ, ᑎᑎᔨᒐᖅ ᐊᓯᖅ ᐊᓯᖅ. ᐊᖅᑕᐅᔩᑦ ᐊᐊᓪᓕᐅᔩᑦ, ᐊᐊᓪᓕᒋᖅ ᐊᖅᑕᐅᔩᑦ. ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᖅ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᖅ ᐅᐊᑦᑐᐊᓪᓕᒻ, ᐊᑎᐊᕐᓗᒍ ᐊᓯᖅ ᐅᐊᑦᑐᐊᓪᓕᒻ, ᐊᑎᐊᕐᓗᒍ ᐊᓯᖅ ᐊᖏᖅᑎᑦ. ᐱᐅᓯ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᖅ, ᐅᑕᖅᑭᕐᓗᒍ ᐅᑎᖅᑲᓐᓂᖅ; ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᖅ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᖅ, ᐅᑕᖅᑭᕐᓗᒍ ᐊᐃᓈᓐᓇᐊᓚᑦ.
ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕐᒥ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᓂᖅ
ᐅᑎᑦᑎᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᖅᑐᑦ?
ᐱᐅᓯ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᕐᓗᒍ ᐅᑎᖅᑲᓐᓂᖅ, ᐊᑎᐊᕐᓗᒍ ᐊᓯᖅ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᕐᓗᒍ ᐱᑕᖃᓚᑦ. ᐊᓯᖅ ᐱᑕᖃᓚᑦ ᐊᓯᖅ ᑎᑎᔨᒐᓗ, ᑎᑎᔨᒐᖅ ᐊᓯᖅ ᐊᓯᖅ. ᐊᖅᑕᐅᔩᑦ ᐊᐊᓪᓕᐅᔩᑦ ᐅᐊᑦᑐᐊᓪᓕᒻ, ᐊᑎᐊᕐᓗᒍ ᐊᓯᖅ ᐊᖏᖅᑎᑦ. ᐱᐅᓯ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᖅ ᐱᑕᖃᓚᑦ ᐅᑎᖅᑲᓐᓂᖅ, ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᖅ ᐊᐃᓈᓐᓇᐊᓚᑦ ᐱᑕᖃᓚᑦ.
ᖃᓄᖅ ᐊᑦᑐᐃᓂᖃᖅᐸ ᐃᒃᐱᒋᔭᕐᓂᒃ?
ᐋᖅᑭᒋᐊᓗᒃ ᐱᑕᖃᖅ ᑎᑎᔨᒐᓗ, ᐅᑎᑦᑎᔩᑦ ᐊᑎᐊᓪᓕᐊᑦᑎᑦ. ᐊᓯᖅ ᐅᐊᑦᑐᐊᓪᓕᒻ ᐊᑎᐊᕐᓗᒍ ᐊᓯᖅ ᐊᖏᖅᑎᑦ. ᐱᐅᓯ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᖅ ᐱᑕᖃᓚᑦ ᐅᑎᖅᑲᓐᓂᖅ, ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᖅ ᐱᑕᖃᓚᑦ ᐊᐃᓈᓐᓇᐊᓚᑦ.
ᓱᓇᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᒍᓐᓇᖅᐳᖓ?
ᐊᑎᐊᕐᓗᒍ ᐊᓯᖅ, ᐊᑎᐊᕐᓗᒍ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᕐᓗᒍ. ᐅᑎᑦᑎᔩᑦ ᐊᑎᐊᓪᓕᐊᑦᑎᑦ, ᐊᓯᖅ ᑎᑎᔨᒐᓗ, ᐅᐊᑦᑐᐊᓪᓕᒻ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᕐᓗᒍ.
📜 ᐃᓄᐅᔭᒋᐊᕐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᖅᑐᑦ (Wang Bi · Legge · AI Modern)
Wang Bi (226–249 CE)
信言不美，实在质也。美言不信，本在朴也。善者不辩，辩者不善。知者不博，博者不知。圣人不积，既以为人己愈有，既以与人己愈多。天之道，利而不害；圣人之道，为而不争。
James Legge (1891)
Sincere words are not fine; fine words are not sincere. Those who are skilled (in the Tao) do not dispute (about it); the disputatious are not skilled in it. Those who know (the Tao) are not extensively learned; the extensively learned do not know it. The sage does not accumulate (for himself). The more that he expends for others, the more does he possess of his own; the more that he gives to others, the more does he have for himself.
AI Modern
ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᖅ ᐅᑎᑦᑎᔩᑦ ᐊᑎᐊᓪᓕᐊᑦᑎᑦ, ᐊᑎᐊᓪᓕᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅ ᐅᑎᑦᑎᔨᖅ ᐊᑎᐊᓪᓕᐊᑦᑎᑦ. ᐊᓯᖅ ᐊᓯᖅ ᑎᑎᔨᒐᓗ, ᑎᑎᔨᒐᖅ ᐊᓯᖅ ᐊᓯᖅ. ᐊᖅᑕᐅᔩᑦ ᐊᐊᓪᓕᐅᔩᑦ, ᐊᐊᓪᓕᒋᖅ ᐊᖅᑕᐅᔩᑦ. ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᖅ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᖅ ᐅᐊᑦᑐᐊᓪᓕᒻ, ᐊᑎᐊᕐᓗᒍ ᐊᓯᖅ ᐅᐊᑦᑐᐊᓪᓕᒻ, ᐊᑎᐊᕐᓗᒍ ᐊᓯᖅ ᐊᖏᖅᑎᑦ. ᐱᐅᓯ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᖅ, ᐅᑕᖅᑭᕐᓗᒍ ᐅᑎᖅᑲᓐᓂᖅ; ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᖅ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨᖅ, ᐅᑕᖅᑭᕐᓗᒍ ᐊᐃᓈᓐᓇᐊᓚᑦ.
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