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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。
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ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱡᱚᱦᱚᱱ: ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱫᱚᱢ ᱦᱚᱲ ᱠᱚ ᱡᱟᱱᱟᱢ ᱦᱚᱲ ᱵᱟᱝ ᱥᱟᱹᱜᱩᱱᱟ; ᱚᱱᱰᱮ ᱫᱚ ᱡᱟᱱᱟᱢ ᱵᱟᱝᱚᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ; ᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱚᱯᱟᱹᱲ ᱮᱢᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱯᱟᱥᱱᱟᱜ ᱮᱢᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱫᱷᱚᱥᱟᱨ ᱮᱢᱟ।
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ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱟᱧᱪᱟᱣ?
ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱯᱚᱨᱚᱵᱽ ᱫᱚ ᱨᱟᱡᱽᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱠᱚᱣᱟᱜ ᱡᱤᱱᱤᱥ ᱛᱟᱭᱚᱢ ᱞᱟᱹᱭᱤᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ। ᱟᱫᱚᱢ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱡᱚᱦᱚᱱ, ᱚᱱᱰᱮ ᱦᱚᱲ ᱠᱚ ᱵᱟᱝ ᱡᱟᱱᱟᱢ ᱞᱟᱹᱭᱩᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ।
ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱟᱢ ᱥᱟᱶ ᱠᱮᱫ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ?
ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱫᱤᱱ ᱢᱮᱱᱮᱱ ᱧᱩᱛᱩᱢ ᱫᱚᱨᱡᱚᱝᱜᱽᱟ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱦᱩᱰᱤᱧ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱸᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ।
ᱟᱡ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱠᱟᱢ ᱦᱚᱸ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ?
ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱡᱚᱦᱚᱱ
📜 ᱛᱷᱚᱠ ᱧᱮᱞᱢᱟ (Wang Bi · Legge · AI Modern)
James Legge (1891)
In the highest antiquity, (the people) did not know that there were (their rulers). In the next age they loved them and praised them. In the next they feared them; in the next they despised them. Their work was done and their undertakings were successful, while the people all said, 'We are as we are, of ourselves!'
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ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱡᱚᱦᱚᱱ: ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱫᱚᱢ ᱦᱚᱲ ᱠᱚ ᱡᱟᱱᱟᱢ ᱦᱚᱲ ᱵᱟᱝ ᱥᱟᱹᱜᱩᱱᱟ; ᱚᱱᱰᱮ ᱫᱚ ᱡᱟᱱᱟᱢ ᱵᱟᱝᱚᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ; ᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱚᱯᱟᱹᱲ ᱮᱢᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱯᱟᱥᱱᱟᱜ ᱮᱢᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱫᱷᱚᱥᱟᱨ ᱮᱢᱟ।
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