Lam yong go mungju jeyan u ai, dai majaw lamu shinggan a gaja hpe gaja ngu shakut u ai, ndai go n-gaja tai sai. Shanang lam go grai tsap, grai shak prat nga ai. Lung ai hte n-lu ai go pru wa ai; yong ai hte ji ai go shak prat wa ai. Hto gasha hte shoi gasha, kasa hte lawm, ma tsun ai hte ma lu ai, ma-ning hte hkra, ndai lam yong go hkan shang wa nga ai. Tso tsa hkra shapya ai myi-ning ji go hkum shak ai hku saup ya, hkum shaga ai hku hpaji sharin ya, grai yong lachyum hpe shaprat yang shi hpe n-shak ya, lam sha sha-ut yang n-shu ya. Shi hpe n-shu yang, shi go n-hkra wa ai.
Key Concepts
美丑
善恶
无为
对立统一
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 2, "Mungdan yong a gaja du chye", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/kac/chapters/2/
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Mungdan yong a gaja ngu ai lam chye yang, ndai go n-gaja tai sai; mungdan yong a gaja ngu ai lam chye yang, ndai go gaja ngu ai lam gaja n-lu sai. Dai majaw lung ai go n-lu, n-lu go lung ai, sutngon gaja wa ai; yong ai hte ngang ji, ndai lahkong go pru wa ai. Hto gasha hte shoi gasha, ndai lahkong go shak prat wa ai. Kasa hte lawm, ndai lahkong go tau shaprat wa ai. Ma tsun ai hte ma lu ai, ndai lahkong go hkrum shaprat wa ai. Ningmang hte hkra, ndai lahkong go hkan shang wa ai. Dai majaw tso tsa hkra shapya ai myi-ning ji, hkum shak ai hku mungdo hpe saup ya, hkum shaga ai hku hpaji sharin ya ai. Grai yong lachyum hpe shaprat yang, shi hpe n-shak ya; lachyum hpe shaprat yang, shi hpe n-dan ya; lam sha sha-ut yang, shi hpe n-shu ya. Dai majaw shi hpe n-shu yang, shi go n-hkra wa ai.
Myit Shawa Hte Hpyen
Ndai laika go hpa lam nga?
Lam yong go mungju jeyan u ai, dai majaw lamu shinggan a gaja hpe gaja ngu shakut u ai, ndai go n-gaja tai sai. Shanang lam go grai tsap, grai shak prat nga ai. Lung ai hte n-lu ai go pru wa ai; yong ai hte ji ai go shak prat wa ai. Hto gasha hte shoi gasha, kasa hte lawm, ma tsun ai hte ma lu ai, ma-ning hte hkra, ndai lam yong go hkan shang wa nga ai. Tso tsa hkra shapya ai myi-ning ji go hkum shak ai hku saup ya, hkum shaga ai hku hpaji sharin ya, grai yong lachyum hpe shaprat yang shi hpe n-shak ya, lam sha sha-ut yang n-shu ya. Shi hpe n-shu yang, shi go n-hkra wa ai.
Ngu hpe nanga hpe dai ga?
Ngai hpe chyoi shakut yang, ngai myit hta gaja ngu hte n-gaja ngu ai lam galo ya lu. Ndai go prat htinggrap hpaji sai. Ngai gaja ngu ai lam hpe tsap nna, n-gaja ngu ai lam hpe shakut yang, ngai hpe gaja ngu ai lam shakut la lu na.
Nit nanga hpe dai ga ai byin?
Dai shani, na tsap ai lam hpe hkum shaprat u. Shingdu tsap ai lam hpe yu chyet u, n-gaja go gaja a shingwan tai sai ngu myit u.
All in the world know the beauty of the beautiful, and in doing this they have (the idea of) what ugliness is; they all know the skill of the skilful, and in doing this they have (the idea of) what the want of skill is.
AI Modern
Mungdan yong a gaja ngu ai lam chye yang, ndai go n-gaja tai sai; mungdan yong a gaja ngu ai lam chye yang, ndai go gaja ngu ai lam gaja n-lu sai. Dai majaw lung ai go n-lu, n-lu go lung ai, sutngon gaja wa ai; yong ai hte ngang ji, ndai lahkong go pru wa ai. Hto gasha hte shoi gasha, ndai lahkong go shak prat wa ai. Kasa hte lawm, ndai lahkong go tau shaprat wa ai. Ma tsun ai hte ma lu ai, ndai lahkong go hkrum shaprat wa ai. Ningmang hte hkra, ndai lahkong go hkan shang wa ai. Dai majaw tso tsa hkra shapya ai myi-ning ji, hkum shak ai hku mungdo hpe saup ya, hkum shaga ai hku hpaji sharin ya ai. Grai yong lachyum hpe shaprat yang, shi hpe n-shak ya; lachyum hpe shaprat yang, shi hpe n-dan ya; lam sha sha-ut yang, shi hpe n-shu ya. Dai majaw shi hpe n-shu yang, shi go n-hkra wa ai.
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