Daodejing - Chapter Forty

 

道德經  - 第四十章

反者道之動；弱者道之用。

天下萬物生於有，有生於無。

Daodejing - Chapter Forty

Return is the movement of the Dao.

Yielding is the way of the Dao.

All things are born of being.

Being is born of non-being. 

References

1. The English translation is based on the translation by poet, translator, scholar and anthologist, Stephen Mitchell, with some changes.  
2. The Chinese text is based on the Daodejing (James Legge version) in the ctext.org website : https://ctext.org/dao-de-jing.