Tao Te Jing Chapter 1

 
 

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1.1道可道,非常道。名可名,非常名。
The talkable law is not eternal law.
The namable name is not eternal name.
 

1.2无名天地之始;有名万物之母。
The unnamable is the origin of the Heaven and Earth;
The namable is the mother of all things
 

1.3故常无欲以观其妙;常有欲以观其徼(jiào)。
Therefore without holding desires you perceive the essence,
withholding desires you view the appearances
 

1.4此两者同出而异名,同谓之玄,玄之又玄,众妙之门。
These two came from the same origin but with different names,
both are called mysteries, mystery of mysteries,
it is the door to all mysteries.

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