道生一

"Do" did the 1st vibration

道德經第四十三章

佛的剪影 बुद्ध • buddhá's silhouette

 

道生一，一生二，二生三，三生萬物。

萬物負陰而抱陽，沖氣以為和。

人之所惡，唯孤、寡、不穀，而王公以為稱。

故物或損之而益，或益之而損。

人之所教，我亦教之。

強梁者不得其死，吾將以為教父。

Dao De jing Chapter Forty-three — C. Ganson

42

Out of Dao comes Unity; out of Unity comes two;

from two comes three; from three all things come.

The shade of  陰 Yin is on the back of everything;

the light of 陽 Yang is on the face of everything.

From their blending together

balance exists in the world.

To feel unworthy, to be alone, orphaned,

is greatly feared and disliked,

yet statesmen claim these feelings.

Loss sometimes benefits; benefits can be a loss.

Others have taught this too:

the violent meet violent ends.

This is good teaching.

Dao De jing Chapter Forty-three — James Legge

42. (The transformations of the Dao)

The Dao produced One; One produced Two; Two produced Three; Three produced All things. All things leave behind them the Obscurity (out of which they have come) and go forward to embrace the Brightness (into which they have emerged), while they are harmonised by the Breath of Vacancy.

What men dislike is to be orphans, to have little virtue, to be as carriages without naves; and yet these are the designations which kings and princes use for themselves. So it is that some things are increased by being diminished, and others are diminished by being increased.

What other men (thus) teach, I also teach. The violent and strong do not die their natural death. I will make this the basis of my teaching.

Dao De jing Chapter Forty-three — Arthur Waley

42

Dao gave birth to the One;

The One gave birth successively to two things,

Three things, up to ten thousand.

These ten thousand creatures cannot turn their backs to the shade

Without having the sun on their bellies,

And it is on this blending of the breaths that their harmony depends.

To be orphaned, needy, ill-provided is what men most hate;

Yet princes and dukes style themselves so.

Truly, “things are often increased by seeking to diminish them

And diminished by seeking to increase them.”

The maxims that others use in their teaching I too will use in mine.

Show me a man of violence that came to a good end,

And I will take him for my teacher.