Dis chapter tell se if unuh av power, unuh no haffi ride pon top people panung pan. Se da river weh flow dung mek se i di biggest, kaad i no fight nona fi flow. Di woman principle always win trowe stillnun, no trowe fiargin an clash.
Key Concepts
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大国
小国
Cite This Chapter
Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 61, "Da Big Nation Mek Sure Se A Deh Pan Top", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/jam/chapters/61/
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Da big nation, i mus be like di river weh flow dung go se, weh evryting op ina di warld meet op - i da female principle a di warld. Di female always win oba di man trowe stillnun, trowe stay low an quiet. So if a big nation put i-op dungbelow a likkle nation, dat big nation win di likkle nation ova. An if a likkle nation put i-op dungbelow a big nation, dat likkle nation mek di big nation respact am. Den somma win trowe humbling demself, an somma win trowe dem humble way. A n da big nation onggl waan haad protec an Mek sure i people av no need. An da likkle nation a jus waan Mek sure dem av chance fi work wid di big nation. Bot when both a dem get weh dem waan, a da big wan weh suppose fi Mek di first move wey put dungbelow.
Diip Reflekshan
Wah dis chaptа bout?
Dis chapter tell se if unuh av power, unuh no haffi ride pon top people panung pan. Se da river weh flow dung mek se i di biggest, kaad i no fight nona fi flow. Di woman principle always win trowe stillnun, no trowe fiargin an clash.
How it relate to me?
Mi see se inna mi life, mi always waan Mek people respect mi trowe mek big noise an show off. Bot dis chapter teach se true strength inna staying low. When mi stop try fi prove i no haffi prove nona, things mek more sense.
Wah mi fi do todeh?
Today, mi wi watch how mi Mek people know se mi deh ya. Instead a push forward, mi wi let mi wok speak fa i op. Mi wi Mek room fa others fi shine, an a so se mi wi draw di respect weh mi want.
What makes a great state is its being (like) a low-lying, down-flowing (stream); it becomes the centre to which tend (all the small states) under heaven. (To illustrate from) the case of all females: the female always overcomes the male by her stillness.
AI Modern
Da big nation, i mus be like di river weh flow dung go se, weh evryting op ina di warld meet op - i da female principle a di warld. Di female always win oba di man trowe stillnun, trowe stay low an quiet. So if a big nation put i-op dungbelow a likkle nation, dat big nation win di likkle nation ova. An if a likkle nation put i-op dungbelow a big nation, dat likkle nation mek di big nation respact am. Den somma win trowe humbling demself, an somma win trowe dem humble way. A n da big nation onggl waan haad protec an Mek sure i people av no need. An da likkle nation a jus waan Mek sure dem av chance fi work wid di big nation. Bot when both a dem get weh dem waan, a da big wan weh suppose fi Mek di first move wey put dungbelow.
Mi Reflection
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