| 1.1.1 |
Tao can be told,
(but)
not the ordinary way. |
| 1.1.2 |
Names can be named,
(but) not the
ordinary names. |
| 1.2.1 |
Nothingness, (is the) name
of the beginning of heaven-and-earth. |
|
Being, (is the) name of
the mother of all things (in creation). |
| 1.2.2 |
So, always (be in) nothingness,
(if
one) desires to observe its wonders. |
|
Always (be in) Being,
(if one)
desires to observe its boundaries. |
| 1.2.3 |
These two emerge together (but of) different
names.
Together (they) are called Hsuan
[i.e. collapse]. |
| 1.3 |
Collapse and collapse (onto) it
again,
(is the) doorway to the numerous
wonders. |
