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    Taogeneratesone,two,threeandallthings

    Alltheworldisofthesamenature.Natureisgood,andallthingsareborn.Thenatureoftheearthisnotonlygood,butalsohealthy.Thesageunderstandsthemusicandrulesoftheworld,andpracticesthelawoftheworld.Therefore,allthingsreceivegreatachievementsandgooddeeds.Godsandimmortalhelpheavenandearth,buttheydarenottobelight.Theyrespect,value,receiveandprotect.

    Thewaycanbesaid,nottheway.Thenamecanbenamed,notthename.Thebeginningoftheunknownworld;themotherofallthings.

    Itisbettertoholdthesurplusthantohaveit;itisbetternottokeepthesharp.Thereareplentyofgoldandjadeinthehall,soyoucan'tguardit.Ifyouarerichandproud,youwillleaveyourownfault.Ifyoucangetawaywithit,thewayofheavenwillbethesame.

    Thereisamixtureofthings,bornnaturally.It'slonely,independentandunchangeable.Itcanbethemotherofheavenandearth.Idon'tknowitsname.AstrongwordisTao,andastrongwordisda.Thegreaterthetime,thegreaterthedistance,thegreatertheopposition.

    Sotheroadisbig,theskyisbig,theearthisbig,andthepeoplearebig.Therearefourregions,butoneishumansettlements.

    Humanlawandearth,earthlawandheaven,heavenlawandTaolawandnature.

    （道生一,一生二,二生三,三生萬物，凡天下均同是性，天性既善，悉生萬物，無不置也。地性既善，養(yǎng)生萬物，無不置也。圣人悉樂理天下而實法天地，故萬物皆受其功大善。神仙真人助天地而不敢輕，尊之，重之，受之，佑之。道可道，非常道。名可名，非常名。無名天地之始；有名萬物之母。持而盈之，不如其已；揣而銳之，不可長保。金玉滿堂，莫之能守；富貴而驕，自遺其咎。功遂身退，天之道也。有物混成，先天地生。寂兮寥兮，獨立而不改，周行而不殆，可以為天地母。吾不知其名，強字之曰道，強為之名曰大。大曰逝，逝曰遠，遠曰反。故道大，天大，地大，人亦大。域中有四大，而人居其一焉。人法地，地法天，天法道，道法自然。）