【译】Tao Te Ching （chapter 1）

Tao Te Ching （chapter 1）

Lao Tzu

The Tao can be told, not the invariable Tao, The Name can be named, not the invariable name. Unnamable is the noumenon of the heaven and earth, Naming is the matrix of all specific things. thus:"Free from the desire, He'll observe the inherent subtlety Caught in the desire,He'll just find the extrinsic property These two things,come from the same root While branch into different names They are both called "Twisty-conversion". Twisty and more and more, Is the approach to all various subtlety.

《道德经》（第一章）

老子

道可道，非常道；名可名，非常名。 无名，天地之始，有名，万物之母。 故常无欲，以观其妙，常有欲，以观其徼。 此两者，同出而异名，同谓之玄，玄之又玄，众妙之门。