Iser orshi u kpa u ver kpa shi i or ga ne tor a ma shi u a. Nahan or a na ver kpa shi, tor a pi u kpea u a, oo tor a hemba ne u. Kpea a pi u ver a shi i kpea a ma. Or a ver shi u hulughu nenge u a, oo or a ver shi u na hengia nenge uenda.
Key Concepts
治国
无为
自然
领导力
Cite This Chapter
Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 17, "Iser Orshi U Kpa", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/tiv/chapters/17/
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Iser orshi u kpa, tor a ha ma ne gba u gbandza. Nahan ya u her, tor a na ngedyo u nenge u a, u ma hemba ne u. Nahan ya u har, tor a kwagh u a. Nahan ya u kpa, tor a hemba ne u. Kpea a pi u ver, oo ye pi u kpea a ma. Nahan u hulughu nenge u a u na hengia uenda. Kpa u a naha oov, yindi uenda, tor u a naa oov a ma a yer a kpa u a.
Vange Kpishi
Akpohol sha sha er a?
Iser orshi u kpa u ver kpa shi i or ga ne tor a ma shi u a. Nahan or a na ver kpa shi, tor a pi u kpea u a, oo tor a hemba ne u. Kpea a pi u ver a shi i kpea a ma. Or a ver shi u hulughu nenge u a, oo or a ver shi u na hengia nenge uenda.
Iye a kwagh u iornengen sha wam?
Nahan a ver shi u na hengia nenge aenda u kpa shi a. A ma ne u kwagh u or ga, oo a nyian u kpea a ma. Kpa shi a ver u kpea uenda, tor a ma kpea ne u a.
Ngu mba yange tase?
Nahan a ver shi u tor a ma u shima a kpea a, oo a ma hulughu nenge aenda u kpa shi a ma u ver shi.
In the highest antiquity, (the people) did not know that there were (their rulers). In the next age they loved them and praised them. In the next they feared them; in the next they despised them. Their work was done and their undertakings were successful, while the people all said, 'We are as we are, of ourselves!'
AI Modern
Iser orshi u kpa, tor a ha ma ne gba u gbandza. Nahan ya u her, tor a na ngedyo u nenge u a, u ma hemba ne u. Nahan ya u har, tor a kwagh u a. Nahan ya u kpa, tor a hemba ne u. Kpea a pi u ver, oo ye pi u kpea a ma. Nahan u hulughu nenge u a u na hengia uenda. Kpa u a naha oov, yindi uenda, tor u a naa oov a ma a yer a kpa u a.
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