“All things under heaven sprang from It as existing (and named); that existence sprang from”

“It as non-existent (and not named).”

“Purity and stillness give the correct law to all under heaven.”

“Existence is beyond the power of wordsTo define:Terms may be usedBut are none of them absolute.In the beginning of heaven and earth there were no words,Words came out of the womb of matter;And whether a man dispassionatelySees to the core of lifeOr passionatelySees the surface,The core and the surfaceAre essentially the same,Words making them seem differentOnly to express appearance.If name be needed, wonder names them both:From wonder into wonderExistence opens.”

“Simplicity without a name Is free from all external aim.”

“Man takes his law from the Earth; the Earth takes its law from Heaven; Heaven takes it law from the Tao. The law of the Tao is its being what it is.”

“So it is that existence and non-existence give birth the one to (the idea of) the other;”