Chapter 17

Mafi Tsayi

太上,下知有之;其次,亲而誉之;其次,畏之;其次,侮之。信不足焉,有不信焉。
悠兮其贵言。功成事遂,百姓皆谓我自然。
Mafi tsayi, mutane kawai sun san cewa yana nan; na biyu, mutane suke ƙaunar sa kuma suke yabon sa; na uku, mutane suke tsoron sa; na ƙarshe, mutane suke ƙaryata shi. Idan aminci bai isha ba, akwai rashin aminci. Ai, yadda suke awaye kada suyi magana mai muhimmanci! A lokacin da ayyuka suka cika kuma al'amurran suka yi nasara, dukan ’yan ƙasa suke cewa, 'Mun yi wannan da kansu, wannan halayenmu ne na halitta.'

Tunani Mai Zurfi

Me wannan babi yake magana akai?

Wannan babi yana magana game da matakan shugabanci. Yana nuna cewa mafi kyawun shugabanni ba a san su ba, mutane kawai suna tabbatar da cewa komai yana tafiya da kyau. A lokacin da shugaba ya yi nasara, mutane sukan ji kamar ba shugaba can ba, kuma sukan yi fahariya da nasararsu. A ƙarshe, babu wanda zai ambaci sunan shugaba, saboda shugaban ya bar abubuwa su yi nasara ta fuskar kai.

Ta yaya ya shafi ni?

Wannan ya sa ni yi tunani game da yadda ake tafiyar da mutane a rayuwata. Ina fahimci cewa lokacin da nake ƙoƙarin tsayawa mutane a hanya ta daɗaɗa, a maimakon jarraba yin ƙarfi, al'amurran sukan fi nasara. Wani lokacin, aikin gwagwalayenmu yana ɓacewa saboda mun ƙara mu'amala da shi sosai.

Me zan yi yau?

Yau, in yi ƙoƙarin saita yanayi mai kyau maimakon ɗaukar nauyi duka. In yi aiki da kai ba tare da yin fahariya ba, kuma in bar al'amurran su yi nasara ta fuskar kansu.

Babi-babi Masu Alaƙa

Tunanina

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