A ye yeli ye kε fεn faŋman nεnεnε xala. A xala ye: xula xula nεnεnε faŋman be felen fεn kura tara, a ye yeli tara kpεnnε kura, a ye fara kpεnnε kura. A be yeli ye ben ye ye fε a xula xula xεri xe kpεnnε kura.
Key Concepts
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天网
天之道
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 73, "Dini Mɛn Faŋman Ye Kεfε Wε", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/sus/chapters/73/
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A den ye kpɔn ye a teŋe, a mɛn be fε a mɛn lεn. A den ye kpɔn ye a yira, a mɛn be fε a mɛn tara. A yeli xala ye den bέ a kpεnnε ye, ye kpεnnε tara yeli xala. Xula Dumen ye kpεnnε a yeli xala, noŋ ben ye ye ye? Nεnεnε ye xula Dumen faŋman ye, a kura tara, a fara kpεnnε; a yeli tara, a fara kpεnnε; a yera tara, a xεri. A ye kura xula tara, a wuli sεkε. Xula Den ye felen fεn, a kpεri tara kpεri.
Miiriya Gbèè
Wan na bin tili yi chapita?
A ye yeli ye kε fεn faŋman nεnεnε xala. A xala ye: xula xula nεnεnε faŋman be felen fεn kura tara, a ye yeli tara kpεnnε kura, a ye fara kpεnnε kura. A be yeli ye ben ye ye fε a xula xula xεri xe kpεnnε kura.
N ma suxu di a ra?
Nenεnε xula be kura tara a nεnεnε yεrε ye. A be xula nεnεnε kura tara a wuli ye kpεri. Nεnεnε nε fεn xεri xεri nε fεn xula tara a xula xula xεri.
N xa nɛ lan lɔxɔ nin na?
Sεkε, nε yira kpεnnε yira, nε yeli tara nε fen. Nε ye ben ye kura nε fεn xula tara kpεri.
He whose boldness appears in his daring (to do wrong, in defiance of the laws) is put to death; he whose boldness appears in his not daring (to do so) lives on. It is the way of Heaven not to strive, and yet it skilfully overcomes; not to speak, and yet it is skilful in (obtaining) a reply. The meshes of the net of Heaven are large; far apart, but letting nothing escape.
AI Modern
A den ye kpɔn ye a teŋe, a mɛn be fε a mɛn lεn. A den ye kpɔn ye a yira, a mɛn be fε a mɛn tara. A yeli xala ye den bέ a kpεnnε ye, ye kpεnnε tara yeli xala. Xula Dumen ye kpεnnε a yeli xala, noŋ ben ye ye ye? Nεnεnε ye xula Dumen faŋman ye, a kura tara, a fara kpεnnε; a yeli tara, a fara kpεnnε; a yera tara, a xεri. A ye kura xula tara, a wuli sεkε. Xula Den ye felen fεn, a kpεri tara kpεri.
N Miiriya
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