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< The Way that can be told of is not the eternal Way;

< The name that can be named is not the eternal name.

< The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth;

< The named is the mother of all things.

< 

< Therefore let there always be non-being,

<   so we may see their subtlety,

< And let there always be being,

<   so we may see their result.

< The two are the same,

< But after they are produced,

<   they have different names.

< 

<   -- The Way of Lao-Tzu, tr. Wing-tsit Chan

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< The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth;

< The named is the mother of all things.

< 

< Therefore let there always be non-being,

<   so we may see their subtlety,

< And let there always be being,

<   so we may see their outcome.

< The two are the same,

< But after they are produced,

<   they have different names.

< They both may be called deep and profound.

< Deeper and more profound,

< The door of all subtleties!