K'ij xuquje' ulew ink'asi na wa. Ruma ma xb'an ta kich'olob'al chi ruq, xb'anik na k'asi. Chi ruma na, ruq'ij maji xyuq'is ta ruq, xb'i na ruq. Maji xk'ut ta ruq, xk'ut na. Maji xa ruq, xb'i na ruq.
Key Concepts
无私
长久
后身
天地
Cite This Chapter
Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 7, "K'ij xuquje' Ulew K'asi K'asi", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/kek/chapters/7/
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K'ij xuquje' ulew k'asi k'asi. Why k'ij xuquje' ulew ink'asi k'asi na wa? La chuqa kich'olob'al ma xb'anon ta chi ruq, xb'anon k'asi k'asi na wa. Roho' xb'anon q'ij, ma xb'an ta xb'i ruq, chuqa xb'i ruq na wa. Ruxa xuquje' ruq'ij: ma xyuq'is ta ruq, xb'i ruq na wa. Ma xk'ut ta ruq, xk'utik na ruq. Ma xuquje' ta ruq, xb'i ruq na wa. Ma xa ruq, xb'i ruq na wa.
Natab'al Xyaab'il
Je ruma le eeq'a re?
K'ij xuquje' ulew ink'asi na wa. Ruma ma xb'an ta kich'olob'al chi ruq, xb'anik na k'asi. Chi ruma na, ruq'ij maji xyuq'is ta ruq, xb'i na ruq. Maji xk'ut ta ruq, xk'ut na. Maji xa ruq, xb'i na ruq.
Ma na'anim ri ub'i rikin?
Xinwil chi k'uchu xinnik'ow chuqa xink'utij ruq. Xintz'et chi utz chi wila nimaq'ij k'inik chi ruq, xink'ut chi ruq. Xink'ut chi ruq ruma xink'ayij wib'.
Na'b'al xb'een xq'e' a'an?
Witokon uxe'ik richin wilaq'ij uxaqi q'ij. Ma xa wib' ta, xink'utij wib'. Ma xyuq'is ta wib', xb'i na wib'. Xa ruq chi ruq, xk'utik na ruq.
Heaven is long-enduring and earth continues long. The reason why heaven and earth are able to endure and continue thus long is that they do not live of, or for, themselves. Therefore the sage puts his own person last, and yet it is found in the foremost place; he treats his person as if it were foreign to him, and yet that person is preserved. Is it not because he has no personal and private ends, that therefore such ends are realised?
AI K'ijilan
K'ij xuquje' ulew k'asi k'asi. Why k'ij xuquje' ulew ink'asi k'asi na wa? La chuqa kich'olob'al ma xb'anon ta chi ruq, xb'anon k'asi k'asi na wa. Roho' xb'anon q'ij, ma xb'an ta xb'i ruq, chuqa xb'i ruq na wa. Ruxa xuquje' ruq'ij: ma xyuq'is ta ruq, xb'i ruq na wa. Ma xk'ut ta ruq, xk'utik na ruq. Ma xuquje' ta ruq, xb'i ruq na wa. Ma xa ruq, xb'i ruq na wa.
Ri Nuk'axal
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