Maza yau bula kiese na buala, kasi ya kubaka bilonga bi kube. Bula ya kube ya kubaka kube, bula kiese ya kubaka kube. Yau bua kube bi yau ya bula. Kasi buala yau kube bi mono.
Key Concepts
水
柔弱
刚强
受垢
Cite This Chapter
Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 78, "Maza ye bula kiese ya buala", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/ktu/chapters/78/
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Na buala yau ye bula kiese kuna maza, kasi yau kube ya kubaka yina kube bi yau. Maza yau ya zinga, yau bula kiese, kasi ya kubaka bilonga bi kube. Bula ya kube ya kubaka kube, bula kiese ya kubaka kube, kasi buala yau buna mono. Yau bua mokuse ya bwasa ya kanga bua nkaka: Muntu ya baka bisaka ya buala yau bua nduka wa buala yau, muntu ya baka bisaka ya mawa ya buala yau bua nduka wa buala yau. Mavula yau kube bi yau ya zola.
Makanisi ya nda
Nki kunsi ya yayi mbula?
Maza yau bula kiese na buala, kasi ya kubaka bilonga bi kube. Bula ya kube ya kubaka kube, bula kiese ya kubaka kube. Yau bua kube bi yau ya bula. Kasi buala yau kube bi mono.
Bobingana na mono?
Na mona mono bula kiese kuna buala. Ndinga ya bula kiese kubaka nzobo. Na kundama bula kiese kuna bantu bika. Maza ya zinga yau bula kiese kasi ya kubaka bilonga.
Nki nasala lelo?
Sika bula kiese kuna bantu. Funda kundama bula kiese bua buala na bualabuala. Baka bisaka ya buala kuna bantu bika.
There is nothing in the world more soft and weak than water, and yet for attacking things that are firm and strong there is nothing that can take precedence of it—for there is nothing (so effectual) for which it can be changed. Every one in the world knows that the soft overcomes the hard, and the weak the strong, but no one is able to carry it out in practice.
AI ya makanisi
Na buala yau ye bula kiese kuna maza, kasi yau kube ya kubaka yina kube bi yau. Maza yau ya zinga, yau bula kiese, kasi ya kubaka bilonga bi kube. Bula ya kube ya kubaka kube, bula kiese ya kubaka kube, kasi buala yau buna mono. Yau bua mokuse ya bwasa ya kanga bua nkaka: Muntu ya baka bisaka ya buala yau bua nduka wa buala yau, muntu ya baka bisaka ya mawa ya buala yau bua nduka wa buala yau. Mavula yau kube bi yau ya zola.
