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Tao Te Ching 40

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Taoism & Chinese Folk Religion · Taoist Classics

Tao Te Ching 40

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The movement of the Tao By contraries proceeds; And weakness marks the course Of Tao's mighty deeds.
反者道之動,弱者道之用。天下萬物生於有,有生於無。
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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Sources & credits: Legge · Chinese

Legge — Tao Te Ching (James Legge) (1891). Public Domain. Translated by James Legge (1891), public domain; Project Gutenberg #216. Source

Chinese — 道德經 (Classical Chinese) (c. 4th century BCE). Public Domain. Chinese text, Project Gutenberg #24039, public domain. Source