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Le chapter ithi ikhaya lomhlaba linohlelo. Uma uyajwaya lowo mzolo, ungakwazi ukuhlambulula konke okusemkhawulweni. Indlela yokuvala izikhombisi kuyindlela yokuzinza kwempilo.
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 52, "Ikhaya Lomhlaba Linohlelo", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/zu/chapters/52/
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天下有始,以为天下母。既得其母,以知其子;既知其子,复守其母,没身不殆。
塞其兑,闭其门,终身不勤。开其兑,济其事,终身不救。
见小曰明,守柔曰强。用其光,复归其明,无遗身殃,是为习常。
Incazelo
Ikhaya lomhlaba linohlelo. Lohlelo lwekhaya lomhlaba. Uma ufika kuwo lowo mzolo, ungasazi plant; uma usazi plant, ubuyela kulowo mzolo, uwonke umzimba awusabi. Vala izikhombisi zakho, uvale amawadi, wonke impilo ayishayeli. Vula izikhombisi zakho, ungehle izinto, wonke impilo ayisizakale. Ukubona okuncane kuyinto ecashile, ukugcina okungenamandla kuyobuchule. Sebenzisa ukukhanya kwayo, ubuye kucashile, ungashiyi isozela emzimeni wakho, lokhu kuyindlela eqondileyo.
Ukucabanga Okujulile
Likuphathelene ngani lo mbhalo?
Le chapter ithi ikhaya lomhlaba linohlelo. Uma uyajwaya lowo mzolo, ungakwazi ukuhlambulula konke okusemkhawulweni. Indlela yokuvala izikhombisi kuyindlela yokuzinza kwempilo.
Ihlobana kanjani nami?
Impilo yami ihlala ifuna ukuba ngiyeke, ngiyeke ukucinga, ngiyeke ukuhlambela. Le ndlela ithi ukuhlambela kunciphise kakhulu kunokuhlambela. Ngiyajabulela ukuhlala endleleni.
Kungafanele ngikwenze ngani namuhla?
Namuhla, ngizovalela amawadi ami emzini wangasese kwiminithi eyi-10, ngizokwenza inkumbulo ehlala ikhanda. Ngizokuhlala ngekhanda eliyo ngaphandle kokuhlambela.
📜 Bonisa izaguqulelo (Wang Bi · Legge · AI Modern)
James Legge (1891)
(The Tao) which originated all under the sky is to be considered as the mother of them all. When the mother is found, we know what her children should be. The perception of what is small is (the secret of) clear-sightedness; the guarding of what is soft and tender is (the secret of) strength.
AI Modern
Ikhaya lomhlaba linohlelo. Lohlelo lwekhaya lomhlaba. Uma ufika kuwo lowo mzolo, ungasazi plant; uma usazi plant, ubuyela kulowo mzolo, uwonke umzimba awusabi. Vala izikhombisi zakho, uvale amawadi, wonke impilo ayishayeli. Vula izikhombisi zakho, ungehle izinto, wonke impilo ayisizakale. Ukubona okuncane kuyinto ecashile, ukugcina okungenamandla kuyobuchule. Sebenzisa ukukhanya kwayo, ubuye kucashile, ungashiyi isozela emzimeni wakho, lokhu kuyindlela eqondileyo.
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