The Way is hollow yet never full; surging yet never spilling
Bottomless whirlpool, it gave birth to all things

Blunt your sharp
Loose your twine
Dim your light
Be as dust

The Way is profound yet present; unfathomable yet real
I know not what gave birth to it, it precedes even our Gods

道沖而用之或不盈
淵兮，似萬物之宗

挫其銳
解其紛
和其光
同其塵

湛兮，似或存
吾不知誰之子，象帝之先