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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 Forty — Ronald Hogan

40.

道 is always heading

back to where it came from.

道 advances by not pressing forward.

Things exist because they are.

They are because they once were not.

道德經 Dao De Jing Chapter Forty translated by James Legge, 1891,

Chapter 40 — Dispensing with the use (of means)

"The movement of the 道

By contraries proceeds;

And weakness marks the course

Of 道 mighty deeds.

All things under heaven sprang from It as existing and named.

That existence sprang from It as non-existent and not named."

道德經 Dao De Jing Chapter Forty translated by Ellen Marie Chen, 1989,

Chapter 40

"反 Returning is 動 the movement  of 道

弱 Weak is 用 the functioning of 道

Ten thousand things under heaven are born of 有 being

Being is born of 無 non-being."

 

道德經 Dao De Jing Chapter Forty translated by 楊曉林 Xiaolin Yang,

Chapter 40 

"Cycling is how 道 moves;

The weak is where 道 functions.

Everything comes from existence;

Existence comes from nothingness."