| 42.1 |
(From) Tao is born One.
(From)
One is born two.
(From) two is born three.
(And from) three is
born all things (in creation). |
| 42.2 |
All things carry Yin [i.e. silence] on
their back and embrace Yang [i.e.
dynamism].
(And) with prana flushing to achieve harmony and
co-ordination (between Yin and Yang). |
| 42.3.1 |
What people loathe is to be orphaned, widowed
and unworthy,
yet kings (and) dukes call themselves by these
names. |
| 42.3.2 |
So
things may be profited from impairing (it),
or may be impaired by
profiting (it). |
| 42.3.3 |
What (other) people teach, I also teach
it: |
|
"The outrageous man (will) not get a (peaceful)
death". |
|
I
shall regard this as the father of (all)
learning. |
