Chapter 52

ᱵᱤᱥᱟᱹᱞᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱮᱛᱚᱦᱚᱵ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ

始母守母见小守柔

Quick Answer

ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱪᱟᱬᱮ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱩᱬᱩᱛ ᱫᱤᱱᱟᱹᱢ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱟᱰᱟᱶᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱤᱥᱟᱹᱞᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱟᱹᱛᱩ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱟᱝᱜᱟᱛᱮ ᱟᱹᱛᱩ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱚᱰᱟ, ᱟᱨ ᱟᱹᱛᱩ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱟᱰᱟᱶᱟ᱾

Key Concepts

始
母
守母
见小
守柔

Cite This Chapter

Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 52, "ᱵᱤᱥᱟᱹᱞᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱮᱛᱚᱦᱚᱵ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/sat-Olck/chapters/52/

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Original

天下有始，以为天下母。既得其母，以知其子；既知其子，复守其母，没身不殆。
塞其兑，闭其门，终身不勤。开其兑，济其事，终身不救。
见小曰明，守柔曰强。用其光，复归其明，无遗身殃，是为习常。

ᱵᱷᱟᱥᱟ ᱵᱚᱫᱚᱞ

ᱵᱤᱥᱟᱹᱞᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱮᱛᱚᱦᱚᱵ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱤᱥᱟᱹᱞᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱟᱹᱛᱩ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ᱾ ᱟᱹᱛᱩ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱟᱰᱟᱶᱟ, ᱛᱟᱭᱚᱢᱽ ᱜᱤᱫᱽᱨᱟᱹ ᱠᱚᱫᱚ ᱠᱚᱰᱟ᱾ ᱜᱤᱫᱽᱨᱟᱹ ᱠᱚᱫᱚ ᱵᱟᱰᱟᱶᱟ, ᱟᱹᱛᱩ ᱫᱚ ᱡᱚᱡᱚᱢᱟ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱡᱤᱭᱚᱱ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱷᱟᱰᱮ ᱵᱟᱝ ᱜᱤᱨᱟᱹᱭ ᱜᱤᱫᱽᱨᱟᱹ᱾ ᱢᱩᱠᱷᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱠᱷᱟᱛᱮ ᱵᱟᱜᱽᱞᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱚᱸᱫᱚᱨᱟ, ᱫᱚᱦᱚᱭᱟᱹᱭᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱚᱸᱫᱚᱨᱟ, ᱛᱚᱵᱮ ᱡᱤᱭᱚᱱ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱨᱟᱹᱠᱷᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱟᱝ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ᱾ ᱢᱩᱠᱷᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱠᱷᱟᱛᱮ ᱵᱟᱜᱽᱞᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱤᱪᱷᱩ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ, ᱫᱚᱦᱚᱭᱟᱹᱭᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱫᱚ ᱯᱟᱥᱱᱟᱣ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ, ᱛᱚᱵᱮ ᱡᱤᱭᱚᱱ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸᱱ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱟᱝ ᱥᱚᱨᱚᱜᱼᱟ᱾ ᱦᱩᱰᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱡᱤᱫᱤᱱ ᱫᱚ ᱮᱛᱚᱦᱚᱵᱽ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ, ᱠᱚᱢᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱫᱚ ᱮᱛᱚᱦᱚᱵᱽ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ᱾ ᱠᱚᱢᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱫᱚ ᱦᱩᱰᱤᱭᱟᱹᱭᱤᱭᱟᱹ, ᱫᱟᱭᱠᱟᱱᱟᱹᱭᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱠᱚᱢᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱹᱢᱟᱹᱞᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ᱾ ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱯᱤᱪᱷᱟᱹ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱷᱤᱛᱤᱨᱚᱜᱼᱟ, ᱛᱚᱵᱮ ᱮᱛᱚᱦᱚᱵᱽ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱯᱤᱪᱷᱟᱹ ᱫᱚ ᱧᱟᱢᱟ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱟᱝ ᱵᱟᱲᱟᱣᱜᱼᱟ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱫᱟᱯᱟᱞ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱤᱢᱚᱱ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ᱾

ᱜᱷᱚᱨᱚ ᱪᱤᱱᱛᱟ

ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱟᱧᱪᱟᱣ?

ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱟᱢ ᱥᱟᱶ ᱠᱮᱫ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ?

ᱤᱱᱫᱽ ᱨᱮ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱡᱤᱭᱚᱱ ᱫᱚ ᱮᱛᱚᱦᱚᱵ ᱫᱤᱱᱟᱹᱢ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱤᱱᱫᱩᱨᱤ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟᱜ ᱜᱤᱫᱽᱨᱟᱹ ᱠᱚ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱤᱱᱟᱹᱢ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱧᱟᱢᱟ᱾

ᱟᱡ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱠᱟᱢ ᱦᱚᱸ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ?

ᱛᱟᱭᱚᱢᱽ, ᱢᱩᱠᱷᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱚᱸᱫᱚᱨᱟ, ᱫᱚᱦᱚᱭᱟᱹᱭᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱚᱸᱫᱚᱨᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱚᱢᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱡᱤᱫᱤᱱ ᱫᱤᱱᱟᱹᱢ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱯᱤᱪᱷᱟᱹ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱥᱤᱨᱪᱷᱩ ᱧᱟᱢᱟᱝᱼᱟ᱾

ᱥᱟᱱᱟᱢ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ

Wang Bi (226–249 CE)

James Legge (1891)

(The Tao) which originated all under the sky is to be considered as the mother of them all. When the mother is found, we know what her children should be. The perception of what is small is (the secret of) clear-sightedness; the guarding of what is soft and tender is (the secret of) strength.

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