Tao Te Ching: Chapter 40

Updated May 14, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
Daodejing (Tao Te Ching) by Laozi, trans. James Legge
Chapter 39
Chapter 41

Chapter 40

1

The movement of the Tao
By contraries proceeds;
And weakness marks the course
Of Tao's mighty deeds.

2

All things under heaven sprang from It as existing (and named); that existence sprang from It as non-existent (and not named).

 
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