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ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱯᱚᱨᱥᱚᱱ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱟᱱᱟᱝ ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱢᱮᱫᱤ ᱯᱚᱨᱥᱚᱝ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ - ᱚᱦᱚᱫ ᱟᱨ ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱯᱩᱨᱟᱹ ᱫᱟᱜ ᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱛᱷᱟ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱛᱷᱟᱯᱚᱱ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱚᱬᱮᱥᱮᱫ ᱠᱟᱱ ᱫᱷᱟᱹᱨᱤᱭ ᱮᱢᱟᱱᱟ। ᱡᱟᱨᱟ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱯᱚᱨᱥᱚᱝ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱟᱧᱡᱤᱛᱤᱠᱟᱱ, ᱡᱟᱨᱟ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱵᱟᱹᱱᱩᱜ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱚᱬᱮᱥᱮᱫ।
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 76, "ᱚᱦᱚᱫ ᱡᱟᱨᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱚᱬᱮᱥᱮᱫ ᱠᱟᱱ", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/sat-Olck/chapters/76/
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人之生也柔弱，其死也坚强。万物草木之生也柔脆，其死也枯槁。
ᱵᱷᱟᱥᱟ ᱵᱚᱫᱚᱞ
ᱚᱦᱚᱫ ᱡᱟᱨᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱚᱬᱮᱥᱮᱫ ᱠᱟᱱ, ᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟᱜ ᱡᱟᱨᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱚᱧᱡᱤᱛᱤᱠᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱱ। ᱡᱟᱨᱟ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱢᱮᱫᱤ ᱫᱟᱜ ᱟᱨ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱱ ᱵᱷᱩᱢ ᱠᱟᱱ। ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱠᱟᱛᱷᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱦᱩᱭᱩᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱠᱷᱟᱹᱞᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱡᱟᱨᱟᱦᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱚᱬᱮᱥᱮᱫ ᱠᱟᱱ, ᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟᱜ ᱡᱟᱨᱟᱦᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱤᱡᱤᱛᱤᱠᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱱ। ᱛᱮᱫᱚ, ᱠᱟᱧᱡᱤᱛᱤᱠᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱱ ᱫᱚ ᱡᱟᱨᱟ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱵᱟᱹᱱᱩᱜ ᱠᱟᱱ ᱢᱚᱬᱮᱥᱮᱫ ᱫᱷᱟᱹᱨᱤᱭ ᱠᱟᱱ, ᱢᱚᱬᱮᱥᱮᱫ ᱠᱟᱱ ᱫᱚ ᱡᱟᱨᱟ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱦᱚᱸᱭᱮᱫ ᱫᱷᱟᱹᱨᱤᱭ ᱠᱟᱱ। ᱩᱱᱦᱟᱨᱚ, ᱵᱤᱡᱤᱛᱤᱠᱟᱱ ᱦᱚᱭᱫᱟᱹᱣ ᱦᱚᱸᱭᱮᱫ, ᱢᱚᱬᱮᱥᱮᱫ ᱠᱟᱱ ᱫᱷᱟᱹᱨᱤᱭ ᱱᱟᱜᱟᱨ ᱮᱯᱟᱨᱚᱜ ᱠᱟᱱ। ᱠᱟᱧᱡᱤᱛᱤᱠᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱱ ᱫᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱠᱛᱤ ᱨᱮ, ᱢᱚᱬᱮᱥᱮᱫ ᱠᱟᱱ ᱫᱚ ᱮᱨᱤᱭᱟᱝ ᱨᱮ।
ᱜᱷᱚᱨᱚ ᱪᱤᱱᱛᱟ
ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱟᱧᱪᱟᱣ?
ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱯᱚᱨᱥᱚᱱ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱟᱱᱟᱝ ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱢᱮᱫᱤ ᱯᱚᱨᱥᱚᱝ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ - ᱚᱦᱚᱫ ᱟᱨ ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱯᱩᱨᱟᱹ ᱫᱟᱜ ᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱛᱷᱟ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱛᱷᱟᱯᱚᱱ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱚᱬᱮᱥᱮᱫ ᱠᱟᱱ ᱫᱷᱟᱹᱨᱤᱭ ᱮᱢᱟᱱᱟ। ᱡᱟᱨᱟ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱯᱚᱨᱥᱚᱝ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱟᱧᱡᱤᱛᱤᱠᱟᱱ, ᱡᱟᱨᱟ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱵᱟᱹᱱᱩᱜ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱚᱬᱮᱥᱮᱫ।
ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱟᱢ ᱥᱟᱶ ᱠᱮᱫ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ?
ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱯᱚᱨᱥᱚᱱ ᱫᱚ ᱤᱧᱟᱜ ᱡᱤᱭᱟᱹᱞᱤ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱢᱟᱱᱟᱝ ᱵᱟᱱᱟᱨ ᱜᱮᱭᱟ। ᱤᱧᱟᱜ ᱦᱤᱸᱥᱟᱹᱫᱽ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱟᱧᱡᱤᱛᱤᱠᱟᱱ ᱫᱩᱠᱛᱩ ᱠᱟᱱ ᱠᱚᱢ, ᱢᱮᱱᱠᱷᱟᱱ ᱡᱟᱨᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱚᱱᱟ ᱦᱤᱸᱥᱟᱹᱫᱽ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱛᱮᱛᱮ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ।
ᱟᱡ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱠᱟᱢ ᱦᱚᱸ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ?
ᱛᱮᱫᱚ ᱡᱟᱨᱟ ᱮᱢᱟᱱᱟ, ᱵᱤᱡᱤᱛᱤᱠᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱛᱷᱟ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱛᱮᱛᱮ ᱵᱟᱹᱱᱩᱜᱼᱟ ᱥᱮ ᱢᱚᱬᱮᱥᱮᱫ ᱠᱟᱛᱷᱟ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱱ ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱵᱟᱹᱱᱩᱜᱼᱟ।
📜 ᱛᱷᱚᱠ ᱧᱮᱞᱢᱟ (Wang Bi · Legge · AI Modern)
Wang Bi (226–249 CE)
人之生也柔弱，其死也坚强。万物草木之生也柔脆，其死也枯槁。故坚强者死之徒，柔弱者生之徒。是以兵强则不胜，木强则兵。强大处下，柔弱处上。
James Legge (1891)
Man at his birth is supple and weak; at his death, firm and strong. (So it is with) all things. Trees and plants, in their early growth, are soft and brittle; at their death, dry and withered. Thus it is that firmness and strength are the concomitants of death; softness and weakness, the concomitants of life.
AI Modern
ᱚᱦᱚᱫ ᱡᱟᱨᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱚᱬᱮᱥᱮᱫ ᱠᱟᱱ, ᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟᱜ ᱡᱟᱨᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱚᱧᱡᱤᱛᱤᱠᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱱ। ᱡᱟᱨᱟ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱢᱮᱫᱤ ᱫᱟᱜ ᱟᱨ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱱ ᱵᱷᱩᱢ ᱠᱟᱱ। ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱠᱟᱛᱷᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱦᱩᱭᱩᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱠᱷᱟᱹᱞᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱡᱟᱨᱟᱦᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱚᱬᱮᱥᱮᱫ ᱠᱟᱱ, ᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟᱜ ᱡᱟᱨᱟᱦᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱤᱡᱤᱛᱤᱠᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱱ। ᱛᱮᱫᱚ, ᱠᱟᱧᱡᱤᱛᱤᱠᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱱ ᱫᱚ ᱡᱟᱨᱟ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱵᱟᱹᱱᱩᱜ ᱠᱟᱱ ᱢᱚᱬᱮᱥᱮᱫ ᱫᱷᱟᱹᱨᱤᱭ ᱠᱟᱱ, ᱢᱚᱬᱮᱥᱮᱫ ᱠᱟᱱ ᱫᱚ ᱡᱟᱨᱟ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱦᱚᱸᱭᱮᱫ ᱫᱷᱟᱹᱨᱤᱭ ᱠᱟᱱ। ᱩᱱᱦᱟᱨᱚ, ᱵᱤᱡᱤᱛᱤᱠᱟᱱ ᱦᱚᱭᱫᱟᱹᱣ ᱦᱚᱸᱭᱮᱫ, ᱢᱚᱬᱮᱥᱮᱫ ᱠᱟᱱ ᱫᱷᱟᱹᱨᱤᱭ ᱱᱟᱜᱟᱨ ᱮᱯᱟᱨᱚᱜ ᱠᱟᱱ। ᱠᱟᱧᱡᱤᱛᱤᱠᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱱ ᱫᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱠᱛᱤ ᱨᱮ, ᱢᱚᱬᱮᱥᱮᱫ ᱠᱟᱱ ᱫᱚ ᱮᱨᱤᱭᱟᱝ ᱨᱮ।
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