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ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱡᱟᱹᱥᱛᱤ ᱫᱟᱜᱟᱱᱤ ᱦᱚᱲ ᱫᱟᱜᱟᱱᱤ, ᱮᱯᱩᱨᱟᱜ ᱦᱚᱸᱭᱟ᱾ ᱡᱟᱹᱛᱤ ᱫᱟᱜᱟᱱᱤ ᱡᱟᱹᱥᱛᱤ ᱫᱟᱜᱟᱱᱤ, ᱦᱚᱲ ᱫᱟᱜᱮᱭᱟ᱾
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 11, "ᱮᱯᱩᱨᱟᱜ ᱦᱚᱸᱭᱟ᱾ ᱡᱟᱹᱥᱛᱤ ᱫᱟᱜ", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/sat-Olck/chapters/11/
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三十辐共一毂，当其无，有车之用。
ᱵᱷᱟᱥᱟ ᱵᱚᱫᱚᱞ
ᱮᱛᱟᱨᱮᱸᱛ ᱨᱮ ᱡᱟᱹᱥᱛᱤ ᱨᱟᱺᱪᱤ ᱫᱟᱜᱟᱱᱤ, ᱮᱯᱩᱨᱟᱜ ᱦᱚᱸᱭᱟ᱾ ᱡᱟᱹᱥᱛᱤ ᱨᱟᱺᱪᱤ ᱫᱟᱜ ᱛᱟᱭᱚᱢ, ᱯᱳᱨᱟ ᱮᱯᱩᱨᱟᱜ ᱦᱚᱸᱭᱟ᱾ ᱪᱟᱯᱟᱬᱤᱭᱟᱱ ᱯᱳᱨᱟ ᱥᱟᱯᱟᱭᱟᱜ, ᱮᱯᱩᱨᱟᱜ ᱦᱚᱸᱭᱟ᱾ ᱫᱟᱜᱟᱱᱤ ᱯᱳᱨᱟ ᱫᱟᱜᱮᱭᱟ᱾ ᱰᱟᱹᱦᱤ ᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱯᱳᱨᱟ ᱫᱟᱜᱟᱱᱤ, ᱮᱯᱩᱨᱟᱜ ᱦᱚᱸᱭᱟ᱾ ᱰᱟᱹᱦᱤ ᱯᱳᱨᱟ ᱫᱟᱜᱮᱭᱟ᱾ ᱚᱱᱟ ᱫᱟᱜᱟᱱᱤ: ᱡᱟᱹᱛᱤ ᱫᱟᱜᱟᱱᱤ ᱦᱚᱲ ᱫᱟᱜ, ᱮᱯᱩᱨᱟᱜ ᱦᱚᱸᱭᱟ᱾
ᱜᱷᱚᱨᱚ ᱪᱤᱱᱛᱟ
ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱟᱧᱪᱟᱣ?
ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱡᱟᱹᱥᱛᱤ ᱫᱟᱜᱟᱱᱤ ᱦᱚᱲ ᱫᱟᱜᱟᱱᱤ, ᱮᱯᱩᱨᱟᱜ ᱦᱚᱸᱭᱟ᱾ ᱡᱟᱹᱛᱤ ᱫᱟᱜᱟᱱᱤ ᱡᱟᱹᱥᱛᱤ ᱫᱟᱜᱟᱱᱤ, ᱦᱚᱲ ᱫᱟᱜᱮᱭᱟ᱾
ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱟᱢ ᱥᱟᱶ ᱠᱮᱫ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ?
ᱡᱟᱹᱥᱛᱤ ᱦᱚᱲ ᱫᱟᱜ ᱫᱷᱟᱹᱵᱤᱡ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱡᱤᱱᱤᱧ ᱟᱨ ᱚᱞᱚᱝ ᱞᱟᱹᱭᱤᱱᱟᱜ ᱯᱩᱯᱷᱩᱠᱤᱭᱟᱱᱛᱟᱱᱤ ᱫᱟᱜ ᱮᱭᱟ᱾ ᱡᱟᱹᱛᱤ ᱮᱯᱩᱨᱟᱜ ᱫᱟᱜᱟᱱᱤ, ᱡᱟᱹᱛᱤ ᱫᱟᱜᱟᱱᱤ ᱦᱚᱲ ᱫᱟᱜᱮᱭᱟ᱾
ᱟᱡ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱠᱟᱢ ᱦᱚᱸ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ?
ᱯᱩᱯᱷᱩᱠᱤᱭᱟᱱᱛᱟᱱᱤ ᱟᱨ ᱮᱯᱩᱨᱟᱜ ᱦᱚᱸᱭᱟ᱾ ᱚᱞᱚᱝ ᱞᱟᱹᱭᱤᱱᱟᱜ ᱫᱟᱜ ᱫᱷᱟᱹᱵᱤᱡ, ᱰᱟᱹᱦᱤ ᱟᱨ ᱚᱞᱚᱝ ᱞᱟᱹᱭᱤᱱᱟᱜ ᱮᱯᱩᱨᱟᱜ ᱦᱚᱸᱭᱟ᱾
📜 ᱛᱷᱚᱠ ᱧᱮᱞᱢᱟ (Wang Bi · Legge · AI Modern)
Wang Bi (226–249 CE)
毂所以能统三十辐者，无也。以其无能受物之故，故能以寡统众也。木、埴、壁所以成三者，而皆以无为用也。言无者，有之所以为利，皆赖无以为用也。
James Legge (1891)
The thirty spokes unite in the one nave; but it is on the empty space (for the axle), that the use of the wheel depends. Clay is fashioned into vessels; but it is on their empty hollowness, that their use depends.
AI Modern
ᱮᱛᱟᱨᱮᱸᱛ ᱨᱮ ᱡᱟᱹᱥᱛᱤ ᱨᱟᱺᱪᱤ ᱫᱟᱜᱟᱱᱤ, ᱮᱯᱩᱨᱟᱜ ᱦᱚᱸᱭᱟ᱾ ᱡᱟᱹᱥᱛᱤ ᱨᱟᱺᱪᱤ ᱫᱟᱜ ᱛᱟᱭᱚᱢ, ᱯᱳᱨᱟ ᱮᱯᱩᱨᱟᱜ ᱦᱚᱸᱭᱟ᱾ ᱪᱟᱯᱟᱬᱤᱭᱟᱱ ᱯᱳᱨᱟ ᱥᱟᱯᱟᱭᱟᱜ, ᱮᱯᱩᱨᱟᱜ ᱦᱚᱸᱭᱟ᱾ ᱫᱟᱜᱟᱱᱤ ᱯᱳᱨᱟ ᱫᱟᱜᱮᱭᱟ᱾ ᱰᱟᱹᱦᱤ ᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱯᱳᱨᱟ ᱫᱟᱜᱟᱱᱤ, ᱮᱯᱩᱨᱟᱜ ᱦᱚᱸᱭᱟ᱾ ᱰᱟᱹᱦᱤ ᱯᱳᱨᱟ ᱫᱟᱜᱮᱭᱟ᱾ ᱚᱱᱟ ᱫᱟᱜᱟᱱᱤ: ᱡᱟᱹᱛᱤ ᱫᱟᱜᱟᱱᱤ ᱦᱚᱲ ᱫᱟᱜ, ᱮᱯᱩᱨᱟᱜ ᱦᱚᱸᱭᱟ᱾
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