Kgaugelo ena e bolela gore motho yo a kgodimolao o swanetše go tšea sebopego sa metse. Metse e tloša meetse le didirišwa ka moka, gomme ga e itemsane. Metse e dula dihilwaneng, kua go batho ba tšwela kua go lemosego. Ka go itemsana, o feleletša ka go hloka bothata le kgotlhalo.
Key Concepts
水
不争
上善
柔弱
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 8, "Tetlere ye e Kgodimolao e le Metse", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/nso/chapters/8/
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Tetlere ye e kgodimolao e le metse. Metse e thuša meetse le didirišwa ka moka, gomme ga e itemsane le tšona. Metse e dula dihilwaneng tše di nyamereganywago ke batho, ka lebaka leo e laolago tsela ya maatla. Go dula ka tshwaneleko, diphoofolo di swanetše go humana sekgoba se se nepagetšego. Go rata ka bothuno, go bitsa ka botswaro bja semolao. Go swara ka bothuno bja maanegisho, go bea batho ka maitshwaro a mantlhanelega. Go tshwara ka bothuno bja tiragalo, go tseba ge nako e fihla. Ka mokgwa wo o sa itemsanego, ga go na bothata.
Gopola ka Botebo
Kgaolo ye e bua ka eng?
Kgaugelo ena e bolela gore motho yo a kgodimolao o swanetše go tšea sebopego sa metse. Metse e tloša meetse le didirišwa ka moka, gomme ga e itemsane. Metse e dula dihilwaneng, kua go batho ba tšwela kua go lemosego. Ka go itemsana, o feleletša ka go hloka bothata le kgotlhalo.
E amana bjang le nna?
Kgaugelo ena e ngwalelana le bobedi bja ka ka mokgwa wo o teologago. Ka dinako tše dingata ke itemela gore ke tshwanetse go ba le taolo le go laola. Le ge go le bjalo, ke ithutile gore ka go itemsana le metšhene, ke hwetša kgotlhalo ya bobedi. Metse ga e itemsane, gomme ka mokgwa wo o tee, e tla tshela dikgweding le dingwaga.
Ke swanetše go dira eng lehono?
Goe morago, itemsa motho yo mongwe ka tlhokomelo e e ko goregago. Šomiša nako ye nngwe go theetsa molemo wa motho yo mongwe, ese go itemsana. O tla hwetša gore ka go aba, o tla feleletša ka go hwetša.
The highest excellence is like (that of) water. The excellence of water appears in its benefiting all things, and in its occupying, without striving (to the contrary), the low place which all men dislike. Hence (its way) is near to (that of) the Tao.
AI Modern
Tetlere ye e kgodimolao e le metse. Metse e thuša meetse le didirišwa ka moka, gomme ga e itemsane le tšona. Metse e dula dihilwaneng tše di nyamereganywago ke batho, ka lebaka leo e laolago tsela ya maatla. Go dula ka tshwaneleko, diphoofolo di swanetše go humana sekgoba se se nepagetšego. Go rata ka bothuno, go bitsa ka botswaro bja semolao. Go swara ka bothuno bja maanegisho, go bea batho ka maitshwaro a mantlhanelega. Go tshwara ka bothuno bja tiragalo, go tseba ge nako e fihla. Ka mokgwa wo o sa itemsanego, ga go na bothata.
Maitemogelo a Ka
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