Confucius meets Laozi, Shih Kang, Yuan dynasty
By Shih Kang - http://www2.kenyon.edu/Depts/Religion/Fac/Adler/Reln471/pix.htm, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org
道德經 - 第四章
道沖而用之或不盈。
淵兮似萬物之宗。
挫其銳，解其紛，和其光，同其塵。
湛兮似或存。
吾不知誰之子，象帝之先。
Daodejing - Chapter Four
The Dao is like a well, used but never used up.
It is like the eternal void, filled with infinite possibilities.
It is hidden but always present.
I don't know who gave birth to it.
It is older than God.
References
- The above translation is based on the translation by poet, translator, scholar and anthologist, Stephen Mitchell. His reading of the work can be found on the following YouTube video: Tao Te Ching, The Book Of The Way by Lao Tzu: https://youtu.be/t109UFLSQhk?t=854
- This chapter on the above video starts at 14:15 and ends at 14:45.
- You can find the complete 81 chapters of Daodejing in Chinese and English (James Legge version) in the ctext.org website: https://ctext.org/dao-de-jing
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