Chapter 7

ᱯᱟᱦᱴᱟ ᱟᱨᱵᱟᱝ ᱫᱟᱨᱟᱢ ᱫᱟᱨᱚᱬ

无私长久后身天地

Quick Answer

ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱫᱟᱨᱚᱬ ᱟᱨᱵᱟᱝ ᱫᱟᱨᱟᱢ ᱡᱮᱥᱟᱫᱽᱧᱟᱢ ᱫᱟᱨᱚᱬ ᱠᱚᱣᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱤᱛᱤᱡ ᱧᱮᱞᱚᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱡᱮᱥᱟᱫᱽᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱯᱟᱛ ᱟᱨᱵᱟᱝ ᱫᱟᱨᱟᱢ ᱫᱩᱣᱟᱹᱨ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱵᱟᱝ ᱜᱟᱹᱨᱩᱭᱟᱱ, ᱛᱮᱠᱚ ᱩᱱᱟᱹᱜ ᱱᱟᱯᱟᱭ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ

Key Concepts

无私
长久
后身
天地

Cite This Chapter

Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 7, "ᱯᱟᱦᱴᱟ ᱟᱨᱵᱟᱝ ᱫᱟᱨᱟᱢ ᱫᱟᱨᱚᱬ", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/sat-Olck/chapters/7/

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Original

天长地久。天地所以能长且久者，以其不自生，故能长生。
是以圣人后其身而身先，外其身而身存。非以其无私邪？故能成其私。

ᱵᱷᱟᱥᱟ ᱵᱚᱫᱚᱞ

ᱯᱟᱦᱴᱟ ᱟᱨᱵᱟᱝ ᱫᱟᱨᱟᱢ ᱫᱟᱨᱚᱬ ᱠᱟᱱᱟᱺ ᱟᱭᱢᱟ ᱫᱟᱨᱚᱬᱜᱽ ᱧᱮᱞᱚᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟᱺ ᱟᱯᱟᱛ ᱫᱟᱨᱚᱬ ᱟᱨᱵᱟᱝ ᱫᱟᱨᱟᱢ ᱡᱚᱦᱚᱞ ᱫᱟᱨᱚᱬᱚᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱡᱮᱥᱟᱫᱽᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱯᱟᱛ ᱫᱩᱣᱟᱹᱨ ᱦᱚᱸ ᱵᱟᱝ ᱜᱟᱹᱨᱩᱭ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱛᱮᱠᱚ ᱫᱟᱨᱚᱬᱜᱽ ᱧᱮᱞᱚᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟᱺ ᱡᱚᱢᱚᱱᱟᱡᱽ ᱫᱟᱨᱚᱬ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱝ ᱚᱲᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ, ᱟᱯᱟᱛ ᱫᱩᱣᱟᱹᱨ ᱱᱟᱯᱟᱭ ᱠᱟᱱᱟᱺ ᱡᱚᱢᱚᱱᱟᱡᱽ ᱫᱟᱨᱚᱬ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱝ ᱡᱚᱦᱚᱞ ᱫᱟᱨᱚᱬ ᱱᱟᱯᱟᱭ ᱠᱟᱱᱟᱺ ᱛᱮᱠᱚ ᱩᱱᱟᱹᱜ ᱡᱚᱢᱚᱱᱟᱡᱽ ᱫᱟᱨᱚᱬ ᱡᱚᱢᱚᱱᱟᱡᱽ ᱫᱟᱨᱚᱬ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱝ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱵᱟᱝ ᱜᱟᱹᱨᱩᱭᱟᱱ, ᱛᱮᱠᱚ ᱱᱟᱯᱟᱭ ᱠᱟᱱᱟᱺ ᱱᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱫᱩᱣᱟᱹᱨ ᱠᱚᱣᱟᱜ ᱯᱩᱨᱟᱹ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱫᱟᱨᱚᱬ ᱫᱟᱨᱚᱬᱜᱽ ᱧᱮᱞᱚᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟᱺ ᱱᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱫᱩᱣᱟᱹᱨ ᱫᱩᱠᱩᱫᱽᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱯᱟᱛ ᱟᱨᱵᱟᱝ ᱫᱟᱨᱟᱢ ᱫᱩᱣᱟᱹᱨ ᱢᱮᱱᱛᱮ ᱵᱟᱝ ᱜᱟᱹᱨᱩᱭᱟᱱ, ᱛᱮᱠᱚ ᱫᱟᱨᱚᱬᱜᱽ ᱧᱮᱞᱚᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟᱺ ᱡᱚᱢᱚᱱᱟᱡᱽ ᱫᱟᱨᱚᱬ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱝ ᱧᱮᱞ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ, ᱟᱯᱟᱛ ᱫᱩᱣᱟᱹᱨ ᱯᱩᱨᱟᱹ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱫᱟᱨᱚᱬ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱟᱯᱟᱛ ᱫᱩᱣᱟᱹᱨ ᱟᱨᱵᱟᱝ ᱫᱟᱨᱟᱢ ᱡᱮᱥᱟᱫᱽᱧᱟᱢ ᱠᱟᱱᱟᱺ ᱩᱱᱟᱹᱜ ᱱᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱫᱩᱣᱟᱹᱨ ᱵᱟᱝ ᱜᱟᱹᱨᱩᱭᱟᱱ, ᱛᱮᱠᱚ ᱩᱱᱟᱹᱜ ᱱᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱫᱩᱣᱟᱹᱨ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱱᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱫᱩᱣᱟᱹᱨ ᱫᱟᱨᱚᱬᱜᱽ ᱧᱮᱞᱚᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ

ᱜᱷᱚᱨᱚ ᱪᱤᱱᱛᱟ

ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱟᱧᱪᱟᱣ?

ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱟᱢ ᱥᱟᱶ ᱠᱮᱫ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ?

ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱡᱚᱢᱚᱱᱟᱡᱽ ᱫᱟᱨᱚᱬ ᱫᱩᱣᱟᱹᱨ ᱟᱯᱟᱛ ᱫᱩᱣᱟᱹᱨ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱵᱟᱝ ᱜᱟᱹᱨᱩᱭᱟᱱᱟᱜ ᱛᱮᱫ ᱱᱟᱯᱟᱭ ᱧᱮᱞ ᱧᱮᱞ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸᱱᱟ

ᱟᱡ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱠᱟᱢ ᱦᱚᱸ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ?

ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱟᱱ ᱡᱚᱢᱚᱱᱟᱡᱽ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱝ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸᱱ ᱧᱮᱞ ᱧᱮᱞ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ, ᱯᱩᱨᱟᱹ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱫᱩᱣᱟᱹᱨ ᱵᱟᱝ ᱜᱟᱹᱨᱩᱭᱟᱱᱟᱜ ᱡᱚᱢᱚᱱᱟᱡᱽ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸᱭ ᱟᱨᱵᱟᱝ ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸᱭᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱠᱚᱣᱟᱜ ᱥᱚᱵᱷᱟ ᱧᱮᱞᱚᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ

ᱥᱟᱱᱟᱢ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ

Wang Bi (226–249 CE)

James Legge (1891)

Heaven is long-enduring and earth continues long. The reason why heaven and earth are able to endure and continue thus long is that they do not live of, or for, themselves. Therefore the sage puts his own person last, and yet it is found in the foremost place; he treats his person as if it were foreign to him, and yet that person is preserved. Is it not because he has no personal and private ends, that therefore such ends are realised?

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