“It as non-existent (and not named).”

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

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

“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.”

“Thirty spokes share one hub in non-being lies the use of the cart knead clay to make vessels in non-being lies the use of the vessel cut out doors and windows to make a housetherefore form being comes what is usable and from non-being comes what is essential.”

“The name that can be named is not the enduring and unchanging name.”

“There are few in the world who attain to the teaching without words, and the advantage arising from non-action.”