Muro uno wa mbalo wogama ubve kha tshitali ya vhulamini hune vhadzulapo vhanzhi. Huna u shela zwibvo zwothe zwo tutuwedzwa, fhedzi zwi a kha una. Vhanna vha vhudzwa nga u fa hauvho, vha itela u dzula kha mashangoni avho. Tshiimwa tsha vhulamini tshashu tshi khou ya kha nḓila yone, fhedzi.
Key Concepts
小国寡民
简朴
甘美安乐
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 80, "Muro wa vhana mutswana na vhadzulapo vhanzhi", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/ve/chapters/80/
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Muro wavhana mutswana, vhadzulapo vhanzhi. U itela vhanna vhare vhana milayo ya u tangana na zwavhutshelo zwothe, fhedzi a vhanzhonei. Vhadzulapo vhanna u fa hau, a vhiswi hau u badela. Ngazulu nahone zwibvo, a hole zwili; ngazulu nahone dziaka, a hole dzitheliwa. Vhanna vha u shela mafhungo a u dzudzanyela zwipfi. Vhanna vha vhudzwa nga dzithoho dzavho, vha ambara zwibvo zwavhudi, vha dzula mashangoni avho, vha engele mveledziso ya vhathu vhavho. Vhadzulapo vha tshi kha divha ya zwina, vha tshi pfa maaka a nnyana, vhanna vha badela vha fela a tshi engele u ya kha vhunna.
U langutela Hwe
Hune hafha hushumiswa hani?
Muro uno wa mbalo wogama ubve kha tshitali ya vhulamini hune vhadzulapo vhanzhi. Huna u shela zwibvo zwothe zwo tutuwedzwa, fhedzi zwi a kha una. Vhanna vha vhudzwa nga u fa hauvho, vha itela u dzula kha mashangoni avho. Tshiimwa tsha vhulamini tshashu tshi khou ya kha nḓila yone, fhedzi.
Ipfungo hamafhisa hani kha nna?
Ndi ngaho ha ndi elana na dzina ḽa vhulapfi haure. Ndi funa u dzula nga u kwama kha vhathu vhanga, ndi si vhe na ndila nyingi ya u toda zwiliwa. Ndi vhudzwa nga u shela zwibvo zwo lugedzwa zwingabi nawo.
Ndi do vha nda u ita hani lino?
Laha vhusik᾽a havhuno, itela u dzula nga u kwama kha vhathu vhanga. Lingedzela u itela zwipfi zwa tshitali ya vhulamini hune vhadzulapo vhaengela.
In a little state with a small population, I would so order it, that, though there were individuals with the abilities of ten or a hundred men, there should be no employment of them; I would make the people, while looking on death as a grievous thing, yet not remove elsewhere (to avoid it).
AI ya namusi
Muro wavhana mutswana, vhadzulapo vhanzhi. U itela vhanna vhare vhana milayo ya u tangana na zwavhutshelo zwothe, fhedzi a vhanzhonei. Vhadzulapo vhanna u fa hau, a vhiswi hau u badela. Ngazulu nahone zwibvo, a hole zwili; ngazulu nahone dziaka, a hole dzitheliwa. Vhanna vha u shela mafhungo a u dzudzanyela zwipfi. Vhanna vha vhudzwa nga dzithoho dzavho, vha ambara zwibvo zwavhudi, vha dzula mashangoni avho, vha engele mveledziso ya vhathu vhavho. Vhadzulapo vha tshi kha divha ya zwina, vha tshi pfa maaka a nnyana, vhanna vha badela vha fela a tshi engele u ya kha vhunna.