Chapter 40
Returning is the Movement of Tao
反者道之动;
弱者道之用。
天下万物生于有,有生于无。
James Legge · 1891 · Public domain
1.
The movement of the Tao
By contraries proceeds;
And weakness marks the course
Of Tao's mighty deeds.
2. All things under heaven sprang from It as existing (and named); that existence sprang from It as non-existent (and not named).