Chapter 78

Kāore i te ao whānui he mea ngoikore ake, he mea ngāwari ake i te wai

天下莫柔弱于水,而攻坚强者莫之能胜,以其无以易之。
弱之胜强,柔之胜刚,天下莫不知,莫能行。
是以圣人云:受国之垢是谓社稷主,受国不祥是为天下王。正言若反。
Kāore i te ao whānui he mea ngoikore ake, he mea ngāwari ake i te wai, ā, kāhore he mea e taea ana te whakamomori i ngā mea kaha, i ngā mea pakari, nā te mea kāhore he mea taea nei te whakakapi. Ka hinga te ngoikore i te kaha, ka hinga te ngāwari i te pūkenga, ā, ahakoa kāhore he tangata kāore e mōhio ana ki tēnei, kāhore he tangata e taea ana te whakatinana. Nō reira, i kī ai te hunga mōhiotia: mō te tangata e tau ana ngā tūrama a te whenua, arā ia te pouroa o te iwi; mō te tangata e tau ana ngā āwangawanga a te whenua, arā ia te kingi o te ao. He ōrite ngā kupu tūturu ki te mea tauhohe.

Whakaaroaro Hōhonu

He aha tēnei upoko mō?

E kōrero ana tēnei uparā kōrero mō te wai, arā, ahakoa he ngāwari, he ngoikore, e kore e taea te whakamomori. He mōhiotanga tēnei mō te hunga katoa: e taea ana e te ngoikore te hinga i te kaha, mā te ngāwari, mā te ū ki te tūmanako, e hingia ai te pūkenga me te kaha. He mea mōhio katoatia tēnei, engari he uaua tonu te whakatinana i roto i ngā rā o ia rā.

He aha tēnei ki ahau?

I roto i tōku ake haerenga, ka whakaaro ake au he pēhea te ako i ngā tikanga o te wai. Ahakoa te ngoikore, ka kaha tonu te wai. Mā tēnei, ka mārama au he uara nui tō te ngāwari me te ū ki te tūmanako i roto i ōku ake waka. He mea tino uaua ki ahau te tuku i te kaha me te pūkenga, engari mā te ako i te wai, ka taea e au te rapu i te kaha i roto i te ngāwari, te kaha i roto i te tauhohe.

He aha tāku mahi āpōpō?

I tēnei rā, ka whakamātau au ki te whakapiki i ōku ake raukaha mā te ngāwari me te ū ki te tūmanako. Ka huri au i tētahi wero rānei, i tētahi ahuatanga uaua rānei, ki tētahi āheinga ki te ako, mā te kore e riri, mā te kore e tautohe, engari mā te whakaae ngāwari me te titiro whānui. Ka ako au i tētahi huarahi hōu hei tūpato, hei ngāwari, hei kaha.

Wāhanga Honohono

Ōku Huritao

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