Di chapter show wi se seveRity an softness bot i一转. When ruler soft an quiet, di people dem simple an true. When ruler sharp an tricky, di people dem tun cunning an greedy. Blessin an curse one nex to each other - who know whe it start or end? Di wise ruler stay balanced - firm but nuh cut, straight but nuh push too much.
Key Concepts
祸福
闷闷
政治
Cite This Chapter
Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 58, "When Government Stay Cool", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/jam/chapters/58/
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When government stay cool an quiet, di people dem get simple an sweet. When government sharp an meddlesome, di people dem get clever but still waan more. Check it: misfortune mek room fi good luck, an good luck hide misfortune. Who really know whe di end reach? Nuttin cyan stay di same forever. Right can tun rong, good can tun bad. People been confuse bout dis long time. So di wise one se: be straight but nuh cut nobody; be sharp but nuh wound nobody; be direct but nuh push too far; be bright but nuh blind nobody.
Diip Reflekshan
Wah dis chaptа bout?
Di chapter show wi se seveRity an softness bot i一转. When ruler soft an quiet, di people dem simple an true. When ruler sharp an tricky, di people dem tun cunning an greedy. Blessin an curse one nex to each other - who know whe it start or end? Di wise ruler stay balanced - firm but nuh cut, straight but nuh push too much.
How it relate to me?
Mi know people weh life go good fi dem, den tings cyan tun bad quick. An people weh suffer, dem find new blessing fram di struggle. Mi learn se haf tings cyan mek mi lose perspective, so mi haffi stay even. Too happy mek mi forget se trouble deh near, too sad mek mi miss di glood weh still deh ya.
Wah mi fi do todeh?
Today, check yuh feel when tings go good or bad. Remember se i一转 always come. Practice stay even - nuh get too high wen blessing come, nuh fall too low wen trouble come. Share yuh good time wid dem weh suffa, an remember se trouble cyan always change.
The government that seems the most unwise, Oft goodness to the people best supplies; That which is meddling, touching everything, Will work but ill, and disappointment bring. Misery! happiness is to be found by its side! Happiness! misery lurks beneath it! Therefore the sage is (like) a square which cuts no one (with its angles); (like) a corner which injures no one (with its sharpness). He is straightforward, but allows himself no license; he is bright, but does not dazzle.
AI Modern
When government stay cool an quiet, di people dem get simple an sweet. When government sharp an meddlesome, di people dem get clever but still waan more. Check it: misfortune mek room fi good luck, an good luck hide misfortune. Who really know whe di end reach? Nuttin cyan stay di same forever. Right can tun rong, good can tun bad. People been confuse bout dis long time. So di wise one se: be straight but nuh cut nobody; be sharp but nuh wound nobody; be direct but nuh push too far; be bright but nuh blind nobody.
Mi Reflection
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