道 德 經

Dao De Jing [Tao Te Ching]

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	Original	Legge's Translation	Susuki's Translation	Goddard's Translation
1	反者道之動﹔弱者道之用。	The movement of the Dao By contraries proceeds; And weakness marks the course Of Dao's mighty deeds.	"Homeward is Reason's course, Weakness is Reason's force."	Retirement is characteristic of Dao just as weakness appears to be a characteristic of its activity.
2	天下萬物生于有，有生于無。	All things under heaven sprang from It as existing (and named); that existence sprang from It as non-existent (and not named).	Heaven and earth and the ten thousand things come from existence, but existence comes from non-existence.	Heaven and earth and everything are produced from existence, but existence comes from nonexistence.