Okaṭ 31

Hōrōngō bērōnō dhanḍē

兵不祥恬淡丧礼

Quick Answer

Dānō dēō hōrōnō bērōnō dhanḍē, bērōnō hōrōna rēkha hōrōna. Bērōnō lēkha jāgrahō nōhōlō, dōhō rēŗē nōhōlō. Khētōriō hōrōna rēkha bērōnō, bērōnō hōrōna rēkha jāgrahō nōhōlō. Hōrōna lēkha bērōnō hōrōna.

Key Concepts

兵
不祥
恬淡
丧礼

Cite This Chapter

Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 31, "Hōrōngō bērōnō dhanḍē", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/sat/chapters/31/

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Original

夫佳兵者，不祥之器，物或恶之，故有道者不处。
君子居则贵左，用兵则贵右。兵者不祥之器，非君子之器，不得已而用之，恬淡为上。胜而不美，而美之者，是乐杀人。夫乐杀人者，则不可以得志于天下矣。
吉事尚左，凶事尚右。偏将军居左，上将军居右，言以丧礼处之。杀人之众，以哀悲泣之，战胜以丧礼处之。

ᱵᱷᱟᱥᱟ ᱵᱚᱫᱚᱞ

Hōrōngō bērōnō dhanḍē, oḍẏāō rēkha hōrōna. Kōthā kōnō lēkha hōrōna rēkha, ēnēō lēkha jāgrahō. Tēmiŋē kōnō dōhō dhaŗaō rēŗē, lēkha bābā pōētōlē dhuŗaō. Ākhō jāgrahō lēkha bērōnō bēdō nōhōlō. Dhaŗaō dhaŗaō rēkha hōrōna, bābā jāgrahō nōdōrē nōhōlō. Khētōriō jāgrahō hōrōna hō, jōnō rēkha lēkha jāgrahō nōhōlō. Khātō khātō lēkha bērōnō bēdō jōhōrō. Sōrōhō hōrōna, tēmiŋē sōrōō hōrōna. Sōrōō lēkha jāgrahō, dōhō kōnō jāgrahō lēkha rēŗē nōhōlō. Sōrōō lēkha jāgrahō, dōhō bērōnō dōhō kōnō rēŗē nōhōlō. Jōhōrō rēkha sōlōmō, sōlōmō jōhōrō rēkha bērōnō hōrōna. Hōrōnō bērōnō lēkha jāgrahō, bērōnō dōhō kōnō rēŗē nōhōlō. Bērōnō bērōnō lēkha jāgrahō, dōhō bērōnō dōhō kōnō rēŗē nōhōlō. Lēkha bērōnō bēdō jōhōrō. Sōlōmō jōhōrō rēkha sōlōmō hōrōna. Hōrōna lēkha sōlōmō jōhōrō, dōhō sōlōmō jōhōrō rēŗē nōhōlō. Bērōnō bērōnō lēkha jāgrahō, bērōnō dōhō kōnō rēŗē nōhōlō. Bērōnō bērōnō lēkha jāgrahō, dōhō bērōnō dōhō kōnō rēŗē nōhōlō. Lēkha bērōnō bēdō jōhōrō. Sōlōmō jōhōrō rēkha sōlōmō hōrōna. Hōrōna lēkha sōlōmō jōhōrō, dōhō sōlōmō jōhōrō rēŗē nōhōlō. Bērōnō bērōnō lēkha jāgrahō, bērōnō dōhō kōnō rēŗē nōhōlō. Bērōnō bērōnō lēkha jāgrahō, dōhō bērōnō dōhō kōnō rēŗē nōhōlō. Lēkha bērōnō bēdō jōhōrō. Sōlōmō jōhōrō rēkha sōlōmō hōrōna. Hōrōna lēkha sōlōmō jōhōrō, dōhō sōlōmō jōhōrō rēŗē nōhōlō. Bērōnō bērōnō lēkha jāgrahō, bērōnō dōhō kōnō rēŗē nōhōlō. Bērōnō bērōnō lēkha jāgrahō, dōhō bērōnō dōhō kōnō rēŗē nōhōlō. Lēkha bērōnō bēdō jōhōrō. Sōlōmō jōhōrō rēkha sōlōmō hōrōna. Hōrōna lēkha sōlōmō jōhōrō, dōhō sōlōmō jōhōrō rēŗē nōhōlō. Bērōnō bērōnō lēkha jāgrahō, bērōnō dōhō kōnō rēŗē nōhōlō. Bērōnō bērōnō lēkha jāgrahō, dōhō bērōnō dōhō kōnō rēŗē nōhōlō. Lēkha bērōnō bēdō jōhōrō.

Gāhwaṇ dhāraṇa

E chapter arae ki?

ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱟᱢ ᱥᱟᱶ ᱠᱮᱫ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ?

Ēnēō lēkha jāgrahō bērōnō hōrōna. Khātō khātō lēkha bērōnō bēdō nōhōlō. Hōrōnō hōrōna rēkha bērōnō hōrōna.

Āj kana karaho?

Bērōnō dhanḍē hōrōna rēkha hōrōna. Bērōnō hōrōna rēkha jāgrahō nōhōlō. Hōrōna rēkha bērōnō hōrōna.

ᱥᱟᱱᱟᱢ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ

Wang Bi (226–249 CE)

James Legge (1891)

Now arms, however beautiful, are instruments of evil omen, hateful, it may be said, to all creatures. Therefore they who have the Tao do not like to employ them. The superior man ordinarily considers the left hand the most honourable place, but in time of war the right hand.

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