Chapter 40

Returning is the Movement of Tao

反(fǎn)者(zhě)道(dào)之(zhī)动(dòng);

弱(ruò)者(zhě)道(dào)之(zhī)用(yòng)。

天(tiān)下(xià)万(wàn)物(wù)生(shēng)于(yú)有(yǒu),有(yǒu)生(shēng)于(yú)无(wú)。

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).

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