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Tao Te Ching · Chapter 40
A source-aware reading page for Tao Te Ching chapter 40.
Read Tao Te Ching chapter 40 with the Chinese text, Wang Bi and Heshang Gong commentary, Legge's 1891 translation, and source notes.
Chinese text
反者道之動，
弱者道之用。
天下萬物生於有，有生於無。
English support translation
The movement of the Tao
By contraries proceeds;
And weakness marks the course
Of Tao's mighty deeds.
All things under heaven sprang from It as existing (and named);
that existence sprang from It as non-existent (and not named).