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Le chapter isho ukuthi ukuhlumula nobuchule esimweni sokuphatha abantu nokhonqwa kwizulu kuyindlela eyodwa yokufinyelela ubuntu nobudleke. Uma singagcini izinto ngokuhlumula, singaqhubeka sivule amaqhugqwane wamandla lapha emhlabeni.
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Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 59, "Ukuphatha abantu nokhonqwa kwizulu", laotzu.ai: https://www.laotzu.ai/zu/chapters/59/
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治人事天莫若啬。夫唯啬，是谓早服。早服谓之重积德，重积德则无不克，无不克则莫知其极，莫知其极可以有国，有国之母可以长久。
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Ukuphatha abantu nokhonqwa kwizulu akunakwenzeka ngokuhlumula. Kuphela uma uhlumula, uyasetha kwelokha ngendlela yokuqala. Ukusetha kwelokha ngendlela yokuqala kusho ukuhlala wenze izinto ezinhle ngokwedlulele. Uma uhlala wenze izinto ezinhle ngokwedlulele, akukho lutho olukuhupha. Uma akukho lutho olukuhupha, akekho oyakwazi ukuthi sisigcino salokho. Uma akekho oyakwazi ukuthi sisigcino salokho, usenokusaba isizwe. Uma unenkinga yezizwe, ungasathembela kuyo, kanti kanjalo uyohlala isikhathi eside. Lokhu kusho ukuhlaba izintuba ezijulele nokumaka ngokuqinileyo, kuyindlela yokuhlala kanye nokubona kakhulu.
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James Legge (1891)
For regulating the human (in our constitution) and rendering the (proper) service to the heavenly, there is nothing like moderation. It is only by this moderation that there is effected an early return (to man's normal state). He who possesses the mother of the state may continue long.
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Ukuphatha abantu nokhonqwa kwizulu akunakwenzeka ngokuhlumula. Kuphela uma uhlumula, uyasetha kwelokha ngendlela yokuqala. Ukusetha kwelokha ngendlela yokuqala kusho ukuhlala wenze izinto ezinhle ngokwedlulele. Uma uhlala wenze izinto ezinhle ngokwedlulele, akukho lutho olukuhupha. Uma akukho lutho olukuhupha, akekho oyakwazi ukuthi sisigcino salokho. Uma akekho oyakwazi ukuthi sisigcino salokho, usenokusaba isizwe. Uma unenkinga yezizwe, ungasathembela kuyo, kanti kanjalo uyohlala isikhathi eside. Lokhu kusho ukuhlaba izintuba ezijulele nokumaka ngokuqinileyo, kuyindlela yokuhlala kanye nokubona kakhulu.
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