Di chapter tell bout one likl country wey choose fi stay simple and no bada nobody. Dem ha resources but no use dem, dem ha ways fi travel but no go none far, dem live close to each other but still respect di boundaries. Di whole idea fi dem is sey a likl and simple life, weh mek people dem happy wid whey dem ha, is a life worth living.
Key Concepts
小国寡民
简朴
甘美安乐
Cite This Chapter
Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 80, "One Likl Place", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/jam/chapters/80/
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One likl country wid likl people: even though dem ha ten and hundred time more dan dem need, dem no use none a it. Di people dem value dem life and no go wander far from weh dem come from. Even though dem ha boat and carriage, none a dem ride none; even though dem ha shield and sword, none a dem use none. Mek di people go back to dem old way, tie rope and keep track. Sweet inna dem belly, nice inna dem dress, peaceful inna dem home, joyful inna dem way. One country side can see di next one, mek out whey di chicken and dog a sey, but di people dem can live whole lifetime and neva go visit one another.
Diip Reflekshan
Wah dis chaptа bout?
Di chapter tell bout one likl country wey choose fi stay simple and no bada nobody. Dem ha resources but no use dem, dem ha ways fi travel but no go none far, dem live close to each other but still respect di boundaries. Di whole idea fi dem is sey a likl and simple life, weh mek people dem happy wid whey dem ha, is a life worth living.
How it relate to me?
Me always waan more—more tings, more experience, more place. But dis chapter mek me wonder if sometimes is just to stay inna one place and be content wid whey me have. Not every next man need fi travel di whole world to find peace; sometimes peace come when you stop run and just sit down inna your own yard.
Wah mi fi do todeh?
Today me waan appreciate one ting weh me have weh me usually take fi granted. Instead a wonda what next, me waan taste di food weh me eating, feel di comfort weh me home bring, and jus' be present wid whey is, noh rush go anywhere.
In a little state with a small population, I would so order it, that, though there were individuals with the abilities of ten or a hundred men, there should be no employment of them; I would make the people, while looking on death as a grievous thing, yet not remove elsewhere (to avoid it).
AI Modern
One likl country wid likl people: even though dem ha ten and hundred time more dan dem need, dem no use none a it. Di people dem value dem life and no go wander far from weh dem come from. Even though dem ha boat and carriage, none a dem ride none; even though dem ha shield and sword, none a dem use none. Mek di people go back to dem old way, tie rope and keep track. Sweet inna dem belly, nice inna dem dress, peaceful inna dem home, joyful inna dem way. One country side can see di next one, mek out whey di chicken and dog a sey, but di people dem can live whole lifetime and neva go visit one another.
Mi Reflection
Wah dis chapter mek yuh feel? Wah you ago do wid it?
