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

4.The universe is very beautiful, yet it says nothing. Thefour seasons abide by a fixed law, yet they are not heard.All creation is based upon absolute principles, yetnothing speaks.And the true Sage, taking his stand upon the beauty ofthe universe, pierces the principles of created things.Hence the saying that the perfect man does nothing, thetrue Sage performs nothing, beyond gazing at theuniverse.For man's intellect, however keen, face to face with thecountless evolutions of things, their death and birth,their squareness and roundness,--can never reach theroot. There creation is, and there it has ever been.The six cardinal points, reaching into infinity, are everincluded in Tao. An autumn spikelet, in all itsminuteness, must carry Tao within itself. There isnothing on earth which does not rise and fall, but itnever perishes altogether. The Yin and the Yang [1] , andthe four seasons, keep to their proper order. Apparentlydestroyed, yet really existing; the material gone, theimmaterial left,--such is the law of creation, whichpasseth all understanding. This is called the root,whence a glimpse may be obtained of God.notes[1] The positive and negative principles of Chinese cosmogony.