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Classical Chinese · 道德經 (王弼本)

反者道之動，弱者道之用。天下萬物生於有，有生於無。

English · James Legge

The movement of the Tao By contraries proceeds; And weakness marks the course Of Tao's mighty deeds. 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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道德經 (王弼本)Original · Classical Chinese

Chinese text from Chinese Wikisource (zh.wikisource.org), transcribed by Wikisource volunteers. Public domain. · Source ↗

Tao Te Ching, tr. James LeggeTranslation · English · James Legge, 1891

Translated by James Legge, The Texts of Tâoism, Part I, Sacred Books of the East vol. 39 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1891). Public domain. E-text from Project Gutenberg (#216), checked word by word against scans of the 1891 printing (Internet Archive). · Source ↗