Tao Te Ching · Ch. 25

有物混成,先天地生。寂兮寥兮,獨立不改,周行而不殆,可以為天下母。吾不知其名,字之曰道,強為之名曰大。大曰逝,逝曰遠,遠曰反。故道大,天大,地大,王亦大。域中有四大,而王居其一焉。人法地,地法天,天法道,道法自然。

Yǒu wù hùn chéng, xiān tiān dì shēng. Jì xī liáo xī, dú lì bù gǎi, zhōu xíng ér bù dài, kě yǐ wéi tiān xià mǔ. Wú bù zhī qí míng, zì zhī yuē dào, qiǎng wéi zhī míng yuē dà. Dà yuē shì, shì yuē yuǎn, yuǎn yuē fǎn. Gù dào dà, tiān dà, dì dà, wáng yì dà. Yù zhōng yǒu sì dà, ér wáng jū qí yī yān. Rén fǎ dì, dì fǎ tiān, tiān fǎ dào, dào fǎ zì rán.

There is a thing formed out of undifferentiated wholeness, born before heaven and earth. Silent and void, it stands alone and does not change, moves everywhere and is inexhaustible — it may be regarded as the mother of all under heaven. I do not know its name; I style it the Tao, and, straining, call it Great. Great means it is always going; always going means it is far-reaching; far-reaching means it returns. Therefore the Tao is great, heaven is great, earth is great, and the king too is great. In the realm there are four greatnesses, and the king dwells as one of them. Humanity follows earth, earth follows heaven, heaven follows the Tao, and the Tao follows what is naturally so.

— Tao Te Ching 25

Source: Wang Bi edition (Chinese) + Hanyu Pinyin transliteration