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Lo mhlathi uthi kukho into eyayikha ngaphambi kokuba zikhe izulu nangaphandle komhlaba. Le nto ayinazwi, ayinakubonwa, kodwa ikhona, ayiguquki, kwaye ijikeleza ngaphandle kokumila. Le nto yena iNdlela iyinika amandla wonke umzuzu kwaye yenzelwa kukuba ngumama wezinto zonke. Ayaziwa, kodwa yona ngumanyano oqingqingileyo lwekhaya.
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 25, "Into Eyayikha Ngaphambi Komhlaba", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/xh/chapters/25/
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Okuyintloko
有物混成,先天地生。寂兮寥兮,独立不改,周行而不殆,可以为天下母。
吾不知其名,字之曰道,强为之名曰大。大曰逝,逝曰远,远曰反。
故道大,天大,地大,王亦大。域中有四大,而王居其一焉。
人法地,地法天,天法道,道法自然。
Ukuhumusha
Kukho into ehlakeleyo eyayikha, yenze ngaphambi kokuba zikhe izulu nangaphandle komhlaba. Yayizolile yaye imixhalangalelo, yazimela ngokwayo ingaguquki, ijikeleza jikelele ngaphandle kokudinwa, kwaye inokuba ngumama wezinto zonke ezingaphantsi kwesibhakabhaka. Andiyazi igama layo, ndikubiza ngegama elithi 'Indlela'. Ndisiya kuyibiza ngokuthi 'enkulu'. Into enkulu iya kude, kwaye kude kuyabuyela emva. Ngoko ke, iNdlela inkulu, isibhakabhaka sinokukulu, umhlaba unokukulu, kwanenkosi inokukulu. Kwihlabathi lezona zinto zine zinkulu, kwaye inkosi ihlala enye kuzo. Umntu uyawulandela umhlaba, umhlaba ulandela isibhakabhaka, isibhakabhaka silandela iNdlela, kwaye iNdlela ilandela indalo yangokwayo.
Ukucinga Okunzulu
Yenzelwe ntoni le ngxenye?
Lo mhlathi uthi kukho into eyayikha ngaphambi kokuba zikhe izulu nangaphandle komhlaba. Le nto ayinazwi, ayinakubonwa, kodwa ikhona, ayiguquki, kwaye ijikeleza ngaphandle kokumila. Le nto yena iNdlela iyinika amandla wonke umzuzu kwaye yenzelwa kukuba ngumama wezinto zonke. Ayaziwa, kodwa yona ngumanyano oqingqingileyo lwekhaya.
Kuthetha ntoni kwire?
Ndicinga ngendlela endinokuphila ngayo ngokungabinazwi nokuthembekileyo kwindlela yokuhlala. Xa ndijonge kwindalo, ndibona ubukho beenkcubeko ezingaphandle kwam. Ndifuna ukuziphatha ngendlela enesiduko, ndingazenzeli kakhulu kodwa ndilandelele iimfuno zendalo.
Yintoni endiyenzayo namhlanje?
Namhlanje ndiza kuhlala ndedwa imizuzu emihlanu, ndizolile, ndicinge ngento eneyelenqe elingaphaya kweendlebe zam. Ndiza kuzama ukuziva njengomxhotywe wecala lwendalo, kwaye ndikwazi ukuziva ngaphandle koxinzelelo lweenkcukacha.
📜 Bonisa Iitethibezi (Wang Bi · Legge · AI Modern)
Wang Bi (226–249 CE)
混然不可得而知,而万物由之以成,故曰混成也。不知其谁之子,故先天地生。寂寥,无形体也。无物之匹,故曰独立也。返化终始,不失其常,故曰不改也。周行无所不至而不危殆,故曰天下母也。
James Legge (1891)
There was something undefined and complete, coming into existence before Heaven and Earth. How still it was and formless, standing alone, and undergoing no change, reaching everywhere and in no danger (of being exhausted)! It may be regarded as the Mother of all things.
I-AI yangoku
Kukho into ehlakeleyo eyayikha, yenze ngaphambi kokuba zikhe izulu nangaphandle komhlaba. Yayizolile yaye imixhalangalelo, yazimela ngokwayo ingaguquki, ijikeleza jikelele ngaphandle kokudinwa, kwaye inokuba ngumama wezinto zonke ezingaphantsi kwesibhakabhaka. Andiyazi igama layo, ndikubiza ngegama elithi 'Indlela'. Ndisiya kuyibiza ngokuthi 'enkulu'. Into enkulu iya kude, kwaye kude kuyabuyela emva. Ngoko ke, iNdlela inkulu, isibhakabhaka sinokukulu, umhlaba unokukulu, kwanenkosi inokukulu. Kwihlabathi lezona zinto zine zinkulu, kwaye inkosi ihlala enye kuzo. Umntu uyawulandela umhlaba, umhlaba ulandela isibhakabhaka, isibhakabhaka silandela iNdlela, kwaye iNdlela ilandela indalo yangokwayo.
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