Chapter 4 hian Tao hi thlawh a nih a, tih hmuh hmain a khawih tlan lova, thil tam tawp zawng zawng huanpuia awm lai a nih a, a rim rawt thin a, a danglam thin a, a chhe tlat em em a nih thu a zirtir. Tao hi eng thil mah a ni lova, chhung pumpui thluak a ni. A chhiat tlat a, a chhung pumpui a ni.
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 4, "Tao Thlawh Nasat", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/lus/chapters/4/
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Tao hi thlawh a ni em, tih hmuh hmain a khawih tlan lova, a chhiat tlat a, a chhung pumpui teuh teuh ang. A mat vang vawih, thil tam tawp zawng zawng huanpuia awm lai a ni ang. A rim tlang rawt se, a thil tak tak chi hrang hrang te chu phuak thin dawna. A val lam ho tak tak te chu mu tlat thin dawna. A vawng tlang rawt se, a danglam thin dawna. A chhe tlat em em, a chhung pumpui a ni teuh teuh ang. Ka hre chiang lo, eng nge a fa lai, vuanah vana thiltih hringpui tlangpui a ni em em em.
Tlawmngai Awna
He chhapter hi nge a bulah?
Chapter 4 hian Tao hi thlawh a nih a, tih hmuh hmain a khawih tlan lova, thil tam tawp zawng zawng huanpuia awm lai a nih a, a rim rawt thin a, a danglam thin a, a chhe tlat em em a nih thu a zirtir. Tao hi eng thil mah a ni lova, chhung pumpui thluak a ni. A chhiat tlat a, a chhung pumpui a ni.
Keimah nena engzat tak nge inzawm?
Tao thlawh hi ka thil tih tum teuh teuh ang hi. Ka ngaihdan, ka tuahdan, ka duhsakna teuh teuh hi thlawh a ni em tih ka zir thei a. Ka nupat, ka tam bungrua, ka hnathawhna teuh teuh hi Tao ang hian thlawh a ni em tih ka zirtir thei a. A chhiat tlat, a chhung pumpui a nih thu ka hrethiam hle.
Nia, ni kha ni tur?
Tun ni ah ka thil tih tum tam tawp a ka chungah, ka thil duh em chungin ka ngaihdan chhuang lovin ka inhruai thin dawn nia. Tao ang hian thlawh ka ni thei nan, ka thil dik tak chu ka hre reng a. Ka thil ngaih hrang hrang te ka pum chhungah thlawh angin ka pum thei dawna.
The Tao is (like) the emptiness of a vessel; and in our employment of it we must be on our guard against all fulness. How deep and unfathomable it is, as if it were the Honoured Ancestor of all things! We should blunt our sharp points, and unravel the complications of things; we should attemper our brightness, and bring ourselves into agreement with the obscurity of others. How pure and still the Tao is, as if it would ever so continue! I do not know whose son it is. It might appear to have been before God.
AI Modern
Tao hi thlawh a ni em, tih hmuh hmain a khawih tlan lova, a chhiat tlat a, a chhung pumpui teuh teuh ang. A mat vang vawih, thil tam tawp zawng zawng huanpuia awm lai a ni ang. A rim tlang rawt se, a thil tak tak chi hrang hrang te chu phuak thin dawna. A val lam ho tak tak te chu mu tlat thin dawna. A vawng tlang rawt se, a danglam thin dawna. A chhe tlat em em, a chhung pumpui a ni teuh teuh ang. Ka hre chiang lo, eng nge a fa lai, vuanah vana thiltih hringpui tlangpui a ni em em em.
Ka Ngaihtuah
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