So xim we xim so we. Xim ne lo xim xe so. Lu xim we xim so tao ne we xim. So xim ne we so ten; lu xim we so so. So pen we so ne lo; so ota we so lo; so ri we so xe ne we. Ten we xim so pen so ota so ri. Ri we lon so we tao ne. Lo xe so ten xe so. Taon we ne we so ten. Xe we ne lo so we.
Key Concepts
德
仁
义
礼
道
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 38, "So Xim Ne Xim Ji So We Xim", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/sus/chapters/38/
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So xim ne xim, xe so we xim; lu xim ne we xim, xe so ne we xim. So xim ne we ne so lo; lu xim we so so lo. So pen we so so lo; so ota we so lo; so ri we so xe lo, xe so se we. Xe so ten so xim, so xim so pen, so pen so ota, so ota so ri. Xe ri xe, we so lon so we lo, xe so tao. So lo, xe ten xe so, lu we ji tao. Xe tao xe we so ten ne so lon. Xe lo so we we so ten ne so lon so. Xe we xe so.
Miiriya Gbèè
Wan na bin tili yi chapita?
So xim we xim so we. Xim ne lo xim xe so. Lu xim we xim so tao ne we xim. So xim ne we so ten; lu xim we so so. So pen we so ne lo; so ota we so lo; so ri we so xe ne we. Ten we xim so pen so ota so ri. Ri we lon so we tao ne. Lo xe so ten xe so. Taon we ne we so ten. Xe we ne lo so we.
N ma suxu di a ra?
Ne so xim we so lo xe so we. Xim ne lo so we we. Xe so ten so lon. So pen we so so xe. Xe lo so we so we. Ne we so tao so pen ne we so we.
N xa nɛ lan lɔxɔ nin na?
So xim ne lo so xe. Ten we so lon so ten ne so lon. So we ten so xe. Xe we so we ten ne so lon so. So tao ne we xe lo so we so ten ne so lon.
(Those who) possessed in highest degree the attributes (of the Tao) did not (seek) to cultivate them, and thus they were possessed of them (in the highest degree). Thus it was that when the Tao was lost, its attributes appeared; when its attributes were lost, benevolence appeared; when benevolence was lost, righteousness appeared; and when righteousness was lost, the proprieties appeared.
AI Modern
So xim ne xim, xe so we xim; lu xim ne we xim, xe so ne we xim. So xim ne we ne so lo; lu xim we so so lo. So pen we so so lo; so ota we so lo; so ri we so xe lo, xe so se we. Xe so ten so xim, so xim so pen, so pen so ota, so ota so ri. Xe ri xe, we so lon so we lo, xe so tao. So lo, xe ten xe so, lu we ji tao. Xe tao xe we so ten ne so lon. Xe lo so we we so ten ne so lon so. Xe we xe so.
N Miiriya
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