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ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱚᱱᱚᱞ ᱫᱚ ᱡᱩᱢᱟᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱯᱩᱨᱟᱹᱜᱟᱛ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱩᱰᱟᱹᱱ ᱵᱟᱰᱟᱭᱟᱜ ᱟᱫᱚᱢ ᱠᱟᱛᱮᱜᱼᱟ। ᱰᱟᱣ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱥᱛᱨᱚᱝ ᱟᱨ ᱯᱷᱮᱰᱤ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱦᱚᱸ ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱝ, ᱟᱨ ᱚᱱᱚᱞ ᱫᱚ ᱮᱨᱫᱟᱝ ᱫᱩᱨᱚᱜ ᱟᱨ ᱨᱟᱹᱦᱤᱛ ᱥᱟᱹᱜᱩᱱ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ।
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 25, "ᱚᱱᱚᱞ ᱒᱕: ᱢᱤᱫ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱱ ᱯᱩᱨᱟᱹ ᱟᱡᱟᱜ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱮᱥᱤᱵᱽ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸᱫ", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/sat-Olck/chapters/25/
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有物混成，先天地生。寂兮寥兮，独立不改，周行而不殆，可以为天下母。
ᱵᱷᱟᱥᱟ ᱵᱚᱫᱚᱞ
ᱢᱤᱫ ᱯᱩᱨᱟᱹ ᱪᱟᱨᱫᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱯᱷᱮᱰᱟᱛᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ, ᱟᱥᱛᱨᱚᱝ ᱟᱨ ᱯᱷᱮᱰᱤ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱮᱦᱚᱸ ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱝᱟᱜ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸᱫ। ᱨᱤᱱᱤᱡ ᱱᱤᱛ ᱟᱨ ᱩᱞᱟᱹᱱ, ᱟᱡᱟᱜ ᱮᱦᱚᱵ ᱵᱟᱝ ᱜᱟᱱᱚᱜᱽ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱡᱩᱢᱟᱱ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸᱫ। ᱩᱢᱚᱨ ᱥᱮᱫ ᱵᱟᱝ ᱪᱟᱞᱟᱜᱽ, ᱚᱱᱰᱮᱱ ᱫᱚ ᱯᱩᱨᱟᱹ ᱡᱟᱜᱟᱛ ᱜᱤᱫᱽᱨᱟᱹ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸᱫ। ᱩᱢᱚᱨ ᱚᱱᱚᱞ ᱪᱟᱞᱟᱜᱽ ᱫᱚ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱟᱣ᱾ ᱰᱟᱣ ᱫᱚ ᱞᱚᱪᱚ, ᱞᱚᱪᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱫᱩᱨᱚᱜ, ᱫᱩᱨᱚᱜ ᱫᱚ ᱨᱟᱹᱦᱤᱛ ᱥᱟᱹᱜᱩᱱ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ। ᱚᱱᱚᱞ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱟᱣ, ᱟᱥᱛᱨᱚᱝ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱟᱣ, ᱯᱷᱮᱰᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱟᱣ, ᱨᱟᱡᱟ ᱦᱚᱸ ᱰᱟᱣ। ᱡᱟᱜᱟᱛ ᱨᱮ ᱯᱮ ᱜᱚᱴᱟᱝ ᱰᱟᱣ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ, ᱨᱟᱡᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱤᱫᱟᱹᱝ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱢᱟᱱᱟᱝ ᱫᱚ ᱯᱷᱮᱰᱤ ᱮᱢᱟᱱ, ᱯᱷᱮᱰᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱥᱛᱨᱚᱝ ᱮᱢᱟᱱ, ᱟᱥᱛᱨᱚᱝ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱟᱣ ᱮᱢᱟᱱ, ᱰᱟᱣ ᱫᱚ ᱫᱚᱦᱚᱭᱟᱜ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱮᱢᱟᱱ।
ᱜᱷᱚᱨᱚ ᱪᱤᱱᱛᱟ
ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱟᱧᱪᱟᱣ?
ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱚᱱᱚᱞ ᱫᱚ ᱡᱩᱢᱟᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱯᱩᱨᱟᱹᱜᱟᱛ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱩᱰᱟᱹᱱ ᱵᱟᱰᱟᱭᱟᱜ ᱟᱫᱚᱢ ᱠᱟᱛᱮᱜᱼᱟ। ᱰᱟᱣ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱥᱛᱨᱚᱝ ᱟᱨ ᱯᱷᱮᱰᱤ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱦᱚᱸ ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱝ, ᱟᱨ ᱚᱱᱚᱞ ᱫᱚ ᱮᱨᱫᱟᱝ ᱫᱩᱨᱚᱜ ᱟᱨ ᱨᱟᱹᱦᱤᱛ ᱥᱟᱹᱜᱩᱱ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ।
ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱟᱢ ᱥᱟᱶ ᱠᱮᱫ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ?
ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱚᱱᱚᱞ ᱫᱚ ᱩᱛᱷᱱᱟᱹᱣ ᱫᱚᱨᱵᱟᱨᱤᱭᱟᱜ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱪᱟᱞᱟᱜᱽ ᱟᱫᱚᱢ ᱠᱟᱛᱮᱜᱼᱟ। ᱢᱤᱫ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱱ ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱝ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱤᱭᱟᱜ ᱠᱚᱧᱮ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱟᱣ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸᱭ ᱫᱚ ᱩᱰᱟᱹᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱪᱟᱞᱟᱜ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱡᱟᱱᱟᱢ ᱠᱟᱛᱮᱜᱼᱟ।
ᱟᱡ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱠᱟᱢ ᱦᱚᱸ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ?
ᱛᱟᱭᱚᱢᱽ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱤᱱ, ᱟᱡᱟᱜ ᱟᱲᱟᱝ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱦᱩᱰᱤᱧ ᱚᱠᱛᱚ ᱠᱚᱢ ᱟᱫᱚᱢ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ, ᱥᱩᱨ ᱥᱩᱯᱩᱨ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱰᱟᱣ ᱫᱚ ᱫᱚᱦᱚᱭᱟᱜ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱱᱚᱶᱟᱱᱟᱜ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱩᱵᱷᱤᱞ ᱮᱛᱦᱚᱵ ᱟᱫᱽᱨᱚᱱ ᱥᱟᱱᱟᱢ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸᱫᱽ᱾
📜 ᱛᱷᱚᱠ ᱧᱮᱞᱢᱟ (Wang Bi · Legge · AI Modern)
Wang Bi (226–249 CE)
混然不可得而知，而万物由之以成，故曰混成也。不知其谁之子，故先天地生。寂寥，无形体也。无物之匹，故曰独立也。返化终始，不失其常，故曰不改也。周行无所不至而不危殆，故曰天下母也。
James Legge (1891)
There was something undefined and complete, coming into existence before Heaven and Earth. How still it was and formless, standing alone, and undergoing no change, reaching everywhere and in no danger (of being exhausted)! It may be regarded as the Mother of all things.
AI Modern
ᱢᱤᱫ ᱯᱩᱨᱟᱹ ᱪᱟᱨᱫᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱯᱷᱮᱰᱟᱛᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ, ᱟᱥᱛᱨᱚᱝ ᱟᱨ ᱯᱷᱮᱰᱤ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱮᱦᱚᱸ ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱝᱟᱜ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸᱫ। ᱨᱤᱱᱤᱡ ᱱᱤᱛ ᱟᱨ ᱩᱞᱟᱹᱱ, ᱟᱡᱟᱜ ᱮᱦᱚᱵ ᱵᱟᱝ ᱜᱟᱱᱚᱜᱽ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱡᱩᱢᱟᱱ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸᱫ। ᱩᱢᱚᱨ ᱥᱮᱫ ᱵᱟᱝ ᱪᱟᱞᱟᱜᱽ, ᱚᱱᱰᱮᱱ ᱫᱚ ᱯᱩᱨᱟᱹ ᱡᱟᱜᱟᱛ ᱜᱤᱫᱽᱨᱟᱹ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸᱫ। ᱩᱢᱚᱨ ᱚᱱᱚᱞ ᱪᱟᱞᱟᱜᱽ ᱫᱚ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱟᱣ᱾ ᱰᱟᱣ ᱫᱚ ᱞᱚᱪᱚ, ᱞᱚᱪᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱫᱩᱨᱚᱜ, ᱫᱩᱨᱚᱜ ᱫᱚ ᱨᱟᱹᱦᱤᱛ ᱥᱟᱹᱜᱩᱱ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ। ᱚᱱᱚᱞ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱟᱣ, ᱟᱥᱛᱨᱚᱝ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱟᱣ, ᱯᱷᱮᱰᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱟᱣ, ᱨᱟᱡᱟ ᱦᱚᱸ ᱰᱟᱣ। ᱡᱟᱜᱟᱛ ᱨᱮ ᱯᱮ ᱜᱚᱴᱟᱝ ᱰᱟᱣ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ, ᱨᱟᱡᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱤᱫᱟᱹᱝ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱢᱟᱱᱟᱝ ᱫᱚ ᱯᱷᱮᱰᱤ ᱮᱢᱟᱱ, ᱯᱷᱮᱰᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱥᱛᱨᱚᱝ ᱮᱢᱟᱱ, ᱟᱥᱛᱨᱚᱝ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱟᱣ ᱮᱢᱟᱱ, ᱰᱟᱣ ᱫᱚ ᱫᱚᱦᱚᱭᱟᱜ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱮᱢᱟᱱ।
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