Nonbeing gives
birth to the oneness.
The oneness gives birth to yin and
yang. Yin and yang give birth to heaven,
earth, and beings. Heaven, earth, and
beings give birth to everything
in existence.
Therefore everything
in existence carries within it both
yin and yang, and attains its harmony by
blending together these two
vital breaths.
Ordinary people
hate nothing more than to be
powerless, small, and unworthy.
Yet this is how superior people
describe themselves.
Gain is loss.
Loss is gain.
I repeat what others have said:
The strong and violent don’t die natural deaths.
This is the very essence of my teaching.
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