he who “possesses Dao” : #15, #23, #31, #65, #77 Chapter Twenty Five 有 物 混 成 先 天 地 生 寂 兮 寥 兮 獨 立 不 改 周 行 而 不 殆 可 以 為 天 下 母 吾 不 知 其 名 • 字 之 曰 道 強 為 之 名 曰 大 大 曰 逝 逝 曰 遠 遠 曰 反 (•)__ 道 大 天 大 地 大 王 亦 大 域 中 有 四 大 而 王 居 其 一 焉 • 人 法 地 地 法 天 天 法 道 道 法 自 然 • Something existed unformed yet complete, Before heaven and earth were created. Silent! Empty! Standing alone, not changing. It circulates everywhere, and causes no danger. It can be considered the mother of the world. I do not know its name; Its symbol is called Dao. If I tried to make its name, I would call it great. Being great speaks of departing. Departing speaks of being remote. Being remote speaks of returning. Dao is great, Heaven is great, Earth is great, The king is also great. Within the realm exist four that are great, And the king resides as one of them! People follow the earth. The earth follows heaven. Heaven follows Dao. Dao follows what is naturally so. [Some]thing existed unformed yet complete, [mingled,blended,unstructured] ♦Before heaven and earth were created. Silent ! Empty ! Standing alone, not changing. It circulates everywhere2, and [causes]A no danger. It can be considered2 the mother of the world2. I do not know its name; Its symbol is called Dao. If I tried to make its name, I would call it great. Being great speaks of departing. Departing speaks of being remote. Being remote speaks of returning. ♦Dao is great, ♦Heaven is great, ♦Earth is great, ♦The king is also great. Within the realm exist four that are great, [region,territory] And the king resides as one of them ! ♦People followB the earth. ♦The earth follows heaven. ♦Heaven follows Dao. ♦Dao follows what is naturally so2. Notes A : “is in” could also be used here, but as the subject is Dao, this seems unlikely; this sentence is not in the three earliest sources B : “follow” as in “emulates” or “uses as a model for their own behavior” Cross-references no danger : #16, #32, #44, #52 mother : #1, #20, #52, #59 mother of the world : #52 returning : #14, #16, #19, #20, #22, #28, #34, #40, #52, #58, #60, #64, #65, #80 remote : #65 remote and returning : #65 naturally so : #17, #23, #51, #64 Chapter Twenty Six 重 為 輕 根 靜 為 躁 君 是 以 (君 子) 終 日 行 不 離 [其] 輜 重 雖 有 榮 觀 燕 處 超 然 奈 何 萬 乘 之 主 而 以 身 輕 天 下 輕 則 失 本 躁 則 失 君 Serious serves as the source of frivolous. Stillness serves as the ruler of restlessness.