The Three Principle Texts of Daoism translated by ... - Bad Request

produced Trinity; and Trinity produced all existingobjects. These myriad objects leave darkness behindthem and embrace the light, being harmonised by thebreath of Vacancy.Tao produces all things; its Virtue nourishes them; itsNature gives them form; its Force perfects them.Hence there is not a single thing but pays homage to Taoand extols its Virtue. This homage paid to Tao, thisextolling of its Virtue, is due to no command, but isalways spontaneous.Thus it is that Tao, engendering all things, nourishesthem, develops them, and fosters them; perfects them,ripens them, tends them, and protects them.Production without possession, action without selfassertion,development without domination this is itsmysterious operation.The World has a First Cause, which may be regarded asthe Mother of the World. When one has the Mother, onecan know the Child. He who knows the Child and stillkeeps the Mother, though his body perish, shall run norisk of harm.It is the Way of Heaven not to strive, and yet it knowshow to overcome; not to speak, and yet it knows how toobtain a response; it calls not, and things come ofthemselves; it is slow to move, but excellent in its designs.