Chapter 78

Mena Waa Buodimbwa Mu Bulu

水柔弱刚强受垢

Quick Answer

Mena waa bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bupya bupya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bupya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bupya bupya. Kadi bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bupya bupya bupya bupya bupya bupya bumpya bupya. Bulu bupya bumpya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bupya bumpya.

Key Concepts

水
柔弱
刚强
受垢

Cite This Chapter

Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 78, "Mena Waa Buodimbwa Mu Bulu", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/lua/chapters/78/

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Original

天下莫柔弱于水，而攻坚强者莫之能胜，以其无以易之。
弱之胜强，柔之胜刚，天下莫不知，莫能行。
是以圣人云：受国之垢是谓社稷主，受国不祥是为天下王。正言若反。

Kulongesha

Mu bulu bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bupya bupya bupya bumpya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bumpya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bupya bupya bupya bupya bumpya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bumpya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bumpya bumpya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bumpya bumpya. Menyi a waa bupya bumpya bumpya bumpya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bupya bupya bupya. Bulwa bupya bumpya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bupya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bupya bupya bupya bupya bumpya bumpya. Kasi bupya bumpya bumpya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bupya bupya. Nejipostolo wa muena nzila wamba ne: wumpa bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bupya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bupya bupya bupya bupya bupya bumpya bumpya. Wumpa bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bupya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bupya bupya bupya bupya bumpya. Bumenji bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bupya bumpya bumpya.

Kufwaya Mûno

Cisabu ici ciamba tshinyi?

Ciungamana tshinyi nami?

Kani bupya bumpya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bupya bupya. Ndeke anyi bupya bumpya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bumpya.

Nkashite tshinyi lelu?

Lelu, kani anyi bupya bumpya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bupya bumpya. Kani bupya bumpya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya bupya bupya bupya bupya bupya bumpya bupya bupya.

Bisabu Bilingane

Wang Bi (226–249 CE)

天下柔弱莫过于水，而攻坚强者莫之能胜，以其无以易之也。弱之胜强，柔之胜刚，天下莫不知，莫能行。

James Legge (1891)

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.

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