Thirty spokes converge in a nave; just because of its nothingness (void) the usefulness of the cart exists. Molded clay forms a vessel; just because of its nothingness (hollowness) the usefullnes of the utensil exists. Doors and windows are cut in a house; juse because of their nothingness (emptiness) the usefulness of the house exists. Therefore, profit from which exists and utilize that which is absent.<\/div>\n
16.zhì x\u016b jí , sh\u01d2u jìn\u0261 d\u01d4 . wàn wù bìn\u0261 zuò, wú y\u01d0 \u0261u\u0101n qí fù. \u0261è fù \u0261u\u012b qí \u0261\u0113n. \u0261u\u012b \u0261\u0113n yu\u0113 jìn\u0261 , shì wèi fù mìn\u0261 , fù mìn\u0261 yu\u0113 chán\u0261 , zh\u012b chán\u0261 yu\u0113 mín\u0261. bù zh\u012b chán\u0261, wàn\u0261 zuò, xi\u014dn\u0261 . zh\u012b chán\u0261 , rón\u0261 . rón\u0261 n\u01cei \u0261\u014dn\u0261 , \u0261\u014dn\u0261 n\u01cei wán\u0261, wán\u0261 n\u01cei ti\u0101n , ti\u0101n n\u01cei dào , dào n\u01cei ji\u01d4 , méi sh\u0113n bú dài .
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Attain the ultimate emptiness; maintain the absolute tranquillity. All things rise together. And I observe their return… The multitude of all things return each other to their origin. To return to the origin means repose; it means return to their destiny. To return to their destiny means eternity; to know eternity means enlightenment. Not knowing eternity is to do evil things blindly. To know eternity means capacity. Capacity leads to justice, justice leads to kingship, kingship leads to Heaven, Heaven leads to dao. Dao is everlasting. Thus the entire life will be without danger.<\/div>\n
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25.Y\u01d2u wù hún chén\u0261 , xi\u0101n ti\u0101n dì sh\u0113n\u0261. jì x\u012b liáo x\u012b , dú lì ér bù \u0261\u01cei , zh\u014du xín\u0261 ér bú dài, ké y\u01d0 wéi ti\u0101n dì m\u01d4. wú bù zh\u012b qí mín\u0261 , zì zh\u012b yu\u0113 \u300c dào \u300d. qián\u0261 wéi zh\u012b mín\u0261 yu\u0113 \u300c dà \u300d. dà yu\u0113 shì , shì yu\u0113 yu\u01cen , yu\u01cen yu\u0113 f\u01cen.
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There is a thing formed in chaos existing before Heaven and Earth. Silent and solitary, it stands alone, unchanging. It goes around with peril. It may be the Mother of the world. Now knowing its name, I can only style it dao. With reluctance, I would call it Great. Great means out-going, out-going means far-reaching, far-reaching means returning. <\/div>\n
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40.\u53cd\u8005\uff0c\u9053\u4e4b\u52a8\u3002\u5f31\u8005\uff0c\u9053\u4e4b\u7528\u3002\u5929\u4e0b\u4e07\u7269\u751f\u4e8e\u6709\uff0c\u6709\u751f\u4e8e\u65e0\u3002<\/div>\n
Returning is dao's motion. Weakness is dao's function. All things in the world are produced by being. And being is produced by non-being.<\/div>\n
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42.Dào sh\u0113n\u0261 y\u012b , yì sh\u0113n\u0261 èr , èr sh\u0113n\u0261 s\u0101n , s\u0101n sh\u0113n\u0261 wàn wù . Wàn wù fù y\u012bn ér bào yán\u0261, ch\u014dn\u0261 qì y\u01d0 wéi hé.
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Dao begets One (nothingness; or reason of being), One begets Two (yin and yang), Two begets Three (Heaven, Earth and Man; or yin, yang and breath qi), Three begets all things. All things carry the femals and embrace the male. And by breathing together, they live in harmony…<\/div>\n
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64.Wéi zh\u011b bài zh\u012b , zhí zh\u011b sh\u012b zh\u012b . Shì y\u01d0 shèn\u0261 rén wú wéi , \u0261ù wú bài, wú zhí , \u0261ù wú sh\u012b. Mín zh\u012b cón\u0261 shì, chán\u0261 yú j\u01d0 chén\u0261 ér bài zh\u012b. Shèn zh\u014dn\u0261 rú sh\u01d0 , zé wú bài shì. Shì y\u01d0 shèn\u0261 rén yù bu yù, bú \u0261uì nán dé zh\u012b huò, xué bu xué , fù zhòn\u0261 rén zh\u012b su\u01d2 \u0261uò. Y\u01d0 f\u01d4 wàn wù zh\u012b zì rán, ér bù \u0261\u01cen wéi.
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… To act means to fail; to insist means to lose. The Sage does not act and therefore never fails; he does not insist and therefore never loses. When the people undertake to do something, they almost always fail at the point of success. One should be cautious at the end as at the beginning, then there will be no failure. Therefore the Sages desires no desires, values not the rare treasures, learns from the unlearned, reverses the faults of the people, and assists all things in their natural development, never daring to interfere.<\/div>\n
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76.Rén zh\u012b sh\u0113n\u0261 y\u011b róu ruò , qí s\u01d0 y\u011b ji\u0101n qián\u0261; wàn wù \u3001 c\u01ceo mù zh\u012b sh\u0113n\u0261 y\u011b róu cuì , qí s\u01d0 y\u011b k\u016b \u0261\u01ceo. Gù ji\u0101n qián\u0261 zh\u011b, s\u01d0 zh\u012b tú; róu ruò zh\u011b, sh\u0113n\u0261 zh\u012b tú. Shì y\u01d0 b\u012bn\u0261 qián\u0261 zé bú shèn\u0261, mù qián\u0261 zé zhé . Qián\u0261 dà chù xià, róu ruò chù shàn\u0261.
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In life, man is supple and tender; in death, he becomes rigid and stark. Myriad things such as grass and trees are supple and frail in life, and shrivelled and dry in death. Therefore, the rigid and stark are disciples of death, while the supple and weak are disciples of life. Therefore the army that uses strength cannot win, the tree that stands firm will break. The strong and large are subordinate, the soft and weak are superior.<\/div>\n
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80.Xi\u01ceo \u0261uó \u0261u\u01ce mín. sh\u01d0 y\u01d2u shén b\u01cei zh\u012b qì ér bú yòn\u0261. Sh\u01d0 mín zhòn\u0261 s\u01d0 ér bù yu\u01cen x\u01d0. Su\u012b y\u01d2u zh\u014du yú, wú su\u01d2 chén\u0261 zh\u012b. su\u012b y\u01d2u ji\u01ce b\u012bn\u0261, wú su\u01d2 chén zh\u012b. Sh\u01d0 rén fù jié shén\u0261 ér yòn\u0261 zh\u012b. G\u0101n qí shí , m\u011bi qí fú, \u0101n qí j\u016b, lè qí sú. lín \u0261uó xi\u0101n\u0261 wàn\u0261, j\u012b qu\u01cen zh\u012b sh\u0113n\u0261 xi\u0101n\u0261 wén, mín zhì l\u01ceo s\u01d0 bù xi\u0101n\u0261 w\u01cen\u0261 lái .
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The state may be small; its people may be few. Let the people have tenfold and one-houndredfold of utensils, but never make use of them. Let the people weigh death heavily and have no desires to move far away. Though there be boats and carriages, no one wille ride in them. Though there be armour and weapons, no one will exhibit them. Let the people return to tying knots and using them, relish their food, appreciate their clothes, secure their homes, happy with their customs. The neighbouring states will be so close that they can see each other, and hear the sounds of roosters and dogs. But the people will grow old and die, without having visited each other. <\/div>\n
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