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Tao Te Ching · Ch. 40

反者道之動;弱者道之用。天下萬物生於有,有生於無。

Fǎn zhě dào zhī dòng; Ruò zhě dào zhī yòng. Tiān xià wàn wù shēng yú yǒu, yǒu shēng yú wú.

Reversal is the movement of the Tao; yielding and weakness are its application. All things in the world arise from being, and being arises from non-being.

— Tao Te Ching 40

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

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