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di yi ke dao
第 一 课 道

dao ke dao fei chang dao ming ke ming feichangming wu ming
[道]，可 道， 非 常 道。 名， 可 名， 非 常 名。 无 名，
tiandizhishi you ming wan wu zhimu chang wu yu yi guan qi
天 地 之 始。 有 名， 万 物 之 母。 常 [无] 欲，以 观 其
miao changyouyu yiguanqijiao ciliangzhe tongchu eryi ming
妙。 常 [有] 欲，以 观 其 徼。 此 两 者， 同 出 而 异 名。
tong wei zhi xuan xuan zhi you xuan zhong miao zhi men
同 谓 之 [玄]， 玄 之 又 玄， 众 妙 之 门。

Lesson One The Dao

The Dao can be called the Dao and can also not be called the Dao. The Dao can be named the Dao and can not be named the Dao as well. The nameless Dao created the heavens and the earth. Having had its name fixed, it (the mother) will create all things. Ever lacking desire in his cultivation, one is able to keep quiet so that he can see its mystery. Always wanting in his cultivation, one can not keep quiet and what he sees is limited though he can see something. These two kinds of people cultivate themselves but with different results. Both call it profundity. Spinning round and round up to the left, one's soul will, in time, enter the gate to the Dao. The doors to the mystery are numerous, and one can enter one of them provided he cultivates himself assiduously.

* The Authoritative Edition of Lao Zi's Dao De Jing with correction by Sun Xianglin from messages received from Lao Zi's great Dao