Tao e na le ditlamorago tse di se ntshitsweng, mme fa re e dirisa, ga e fele. E na le botebogolo jo bo kwesegang, jaaka motlhaki wa ditlhako tsotlhe. E dullela dintlha tse di thata, e rarolla dikgatlhelano, e kopanya leseditso, e nna le tlhole e e sa bonaleng.
Key Concepts
道
虚空
本源
Cite This Chapter
Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 4, "Tao e Se ntshitsweng", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/tn/chapters/4/
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Tao e se ntshitsweng, mme fa e diriswa, ga e kgelefshe. E deepa thata, jaaka e nngwe ya ditlhako tsa ditlhaba tsotlhe. E dullela dikgutlwane, e rarolla dikgobokanyo, e kopanya leseditso, e nna le moswikipedia. E bogologolo thata, jaaka go ka nna gone. Ga ke itse gore ke ngwana wa mang, mme e ka nna ya pele ga Ntlo ya Tao.
Katlholo e e Tseneletseng
Tekatekano eno e lebega ka eng?
Tao e na le ditlamorago tse di se ntshitsweng, mme fa re e dirisa, ga e fele. E na le botebogolo jo bo kwesegang, jaaka motlhaki wa ditlhako tsotlhe. E dullela dintlha tse di thata, e rarolla dikgatlhelano, e kopanya leseditso, e nna le tlhole e e sa bonaleng.
E amana jang le nna?
Mo botshelong jwa me, ke ikutlwa gore go na le matsapa a a sa bonaleng a a diriwang mo thulaganyong. Tao e thaloganya gore go na le maemo a a feteletseng a go realo. Fa ke lemoga se, ke kgona go tsholetsa maaka a go tshiamo.
Ke tshwanetse go dira eng gompieno?
Gompieno, ke tlaa sekaseka gore ke dirisitseng eng mo matsapeng a me. Ke tlaa lekeletse gore ke tsholetswe ke matsapa a Tao, mme ke dire ka maemo a a tshiamolang.
The Tao is (like) the emptiness of a vessel; and in our employment of it we must be on our guard against all fulness. How deep and unfathomable it is, as if it were the Honoured Ancestor of all things! We should blunt our sharp points, and unravel the complications of things; we should attemper our brightness, and bring ourselves into agreement with the obscurity of others. How pure and still the Tao is, as if it would ever so continue! I do not know whose son it is. It might appear to have been before God.
AI ya kwa mootlwanenyana
Tao e se ntshitsweng, mme fa e diriswa, ga e kgelefshe. E deepa thata, jaaka e nngwe ya ditlhako tsa ditlhaba tsotlhe. E dullela dikgutlwane, e rarolla dikgobokanyo, e kopanya leseditso, e nna le moswikipedia. E bogologolo thata, jaaka go ka nna gone. Ga ke itse gore ke ngwana wa mang, mme e ka nna ya pele ga Ntlo ya Tao.
