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Tao Te Ching 6

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Taoism & Chinese Folk Religion · Taoist Classics

Tao Te Ching 6

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The valley spirit dies not, aye the same; The female mystery thus do we name. Its gate, from which at first they issued forth, Is called the root from which grew heaven and earth. Long and unbroken does its power remain, Used gently, and without the touch of pain.
谷神不死,是謂玄牝。玄牝之門,是謂天地根。綿綿若存,用之不勤。

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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