第四十二章     道生萬(wàn)物

道生一，一生二，二生三，三生萬(wàn)物。萬(wàn)物負(fù)陰而抱陽(yáng)，沖氣以為和。
人之所惡，唯孤、寡、不谷，而王公以為稱(chēng)。 故物或損之而益，或益之而損。
人之所教我亦教之。強(qiáng)梁者不得其死，吾將以為教父。

Tao Gives Birth to AllThings

Tao gives birth to One.

One gives birth to Two.

Two gives birth to Three.

Three gives birth to all creation.

All things have thereceptivity of the female and the activity of the male. Through union with thelife force they blend in harmony.

People hate being orphaned, lonely, and unworthy. Yet kings andnobles call themselves such.

Truly, one may gain bylosing; And one may lose by gaining.

What another has taught, Ialso teach: "A violent man will not reach hisnatural end."  I shall make thisprimary in my teaching.

[譯文]

道的純意識(shí)能量化生一個(gè)循環(huán)宇宙磁場(chǎng)，在這一磁場(chǎng)中化生出陰、陽(yáng)二氣，陰陽(yáng)相交形成無(wú)限生命循環(huán)，由此繁衍宇宙間的萬(wàn)物。宇宙萬(wàn)物都包含著陰和陽(yáng)，陰陽(yáng)交匯激蕩而成為新的平衡體。人類(lèi)所厭惡的就是“孤”、“寡”、“不谷”，而侯王們卻恰恰這樣稱(chēng)呼自己。因此，宇宙間萬(wàn)物有時(shí)減損而獲得增加，而增加反而受到減損。其實(shí)，前人如此教導(dǎo)， 我亦依此理教授。