BBG 828 

[Deadwind BMW 850i]

Karppi/Carp/Koi 鯉

Asheville, North Carolina, U.S.A.

道德經第四十章

反者道之動；弱者道之用。

天下萬物生於有，有生於無。

Dao De Jing Chapter 40 ― James Legge (Dispensing with the use (of means))

The movement of the Dao

By contraries proceeds;

And weakness marks the course

Of Dao's mighty deeds.

All things under heaven sprang from It as existing (and named); that existence sprang from

It is non-existent (and not named).

Dao De Jing Chapter 40 ― A. Charles Muller, 40. Return is the motion of the Way...

Return is the motion of the Way.

Softening is its function.

All things in the cosmos arise from being.

Being arises from non-being.

Dao De Jing Chapter 40 ― Arthur Waley

In Dao the only motion is returning;

The only useful quality, weakness.

For though all creatures under heaven are the products of Being,

Being itself is the product of Not-being.

REQUIEM

[BBC]

from Latin requiem, the first word of the introit for the traditional requiem mass, an alternative accusative case of Latin requiēs (“rest, repose”), from re- (“again”) + quiēs (“rest, quiet”)

Lydia Wilson