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Lo mhlathi uthetha ngendlela isizwe esikhulu esifanele sisibakhona ngayo - sibe nzantsi njengemilambo ehambayo. Xhasa ukuba isifazane siphumelela ngokuzola, kwaye lowo uzeleleyo uyaphumelela. Isizwe esikhulu ukuba sinyamezelana nesityfulwa, sifumana isityfulwa; isizwe esincinane sinyamezelana nesityfulwa, sifumana isityfulwa. Zombini zifumana oko zifunayo, kwaye isikhulu kufanele sibe nzantsi.
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 61, "IsiLizwe Esikhulu Sihla Sidilikiza", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/xh/chapters/61/
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大国者下流，天下之交，天下之牝。牝常以静胜牡，以静为下。
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IsiLizwe esikhulu sihla sidilikiza, simela indawo apho amawaka onke ahlangana khona, sisilwane sesifazane somhlaba wonke. Isifazane sihlala siphumelela ngokuzola, kwaye ngokuzola kufika ezantsi. Ngoko ke isizwe esikhulu ukuba sinyamezelana nesizwe esincinane, sifumana isizwe esincinane; isizwe esincinane sinyamezelane nesizwe esikhulu, sifumana isizwe esikhulu. Ngoko ke oku kungenxa yokuba kuhlambela, oko kungenxa yokuba kuhlambela. IsiLizwe esikhulu asifuni nto ngaphandle kokuba sibe noluhlu lwabantu; isizwe esincinane asifuni nto ngaphandle kokuba sikhonze abantu. Zombini zifumana oko zifunayo; ke isikhulu kufanele sibe nzantsi.
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Yenzelwe ntoni le ngxenye?
Lo mhlathi uthetha ngendlela isizwe esikhulu esifanele sisibakhona ngayo - sibe nzantsi njengemilambo ehambayo. Xhasa ukuba isifazane siphumelela ngokuzola, kwaye lowo uzeleleyo uyaphumelela. Isizwe esikhulu ukuba sinyamezelana nesityfulwa, sifumana isityfulwa; isizwe esincinane sinyamezelana nesityfulwa, sifumana isityfulwa. Zombini zifumana oko zifunayo, kwaye isikhulu kufanele sibe nzantsi.
Kuthetha ntoni kwire?
Kubomi bam, ndifunda ukuba ukuhlambela akukho bunge. Xa ndisondela kubantu ngokuthobeka, ndigqama kunesona siphumo. Isikhundla sam esiphezulu asigidli; kukwazeka ukuhlambela kuxhotyiswa.
Yintoni endiyenzayo namhlanje?
Namhlanje ndiza kuhlambela kwintetho yam nakwindlela endenza ngayo abanye. Ndiza kuphulula umnqweno wam wokuzigqaja, kwaye ndiza kubaluleka ngokwaneleyo ukuba ndikwazi ukuqonda nabanye.
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James Legge (1891)
What makes a great state is its being (like) a low-lying, down-flowing (stream); it becomes the centre to which tend (all the small states) under heaven. (To illustrate from) the case of all females: the female always overcomes the male by her stillness.
I-AI yangoku
IsiLizwe esikhulu sihla sidilikiza, simela indawo apho amawaka onke ahlangana khona, sisilwane sesifazane somhlaba wonke. Isifazane sihlala siphumelela ngokuzola, kwaye ngokuzola kufika ezantsi. Ngoko ke isizwe esikhulu ukuba sinyamezelana nesizwe esincinane, sifumana isizwe esincinane; isizwe esincinane sinyamezelane nesizwe esikhulu, sifumana isizwe esikhulu. Ngoko ke oku kungenxa yokuba kuhlambela, oko kungenxa yokuba kuhlambela. IsiLizwe esikhulu asifuni nto ngaphandle kokuba sibe noluhlu lwabantu; isizwe esincinane asifuni nto ngaphandle kokuba sikhonze abantu. Zombini zifumana oko zifunayo; ke isikhulu kufanele sibe nzantsi.
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