Tao Te Ching

Chapter 43
[Original text]

Tao produces one [1], one produces two [2], two produces three [3], and three produces all things.

Everything bears yin and embraces yang, and rushes into harmony.

(What people hate is loneliness, widowhood, and lack of grain, and princes think of it. Old things may be damaged to benefit, or benefit to be damaged. What people teach, I also teach. The strong will not die, I will Thought the godfather. [4])

【Note】

[1] One: Refers to "Tao".

[2] Two: heaven and earth, the sky is yang, and the earth is yin.

[3] Three: the third kind of qi produced after the blending of yang qi and yin qi—harmonious qi.

[4] Sentence "what people hate": These sentences in brackets are inconsistent with the above. It is suspected that their location is wrong and should be placed at the end of Chapter 39.

【Analysis】

The entire "Tao" can be regarded as "one" for the time being. "Tao" produces Yin and Yang, and the blending of Yin and Yang produces harmonious Qi. Finally, Yang Qi, Yin Qi, and Harmonious Qi interact to produce all things.

All things are yin and yang, and the yin and yang qi merge with each other to produce harmony.

(What people hate the most is to be reduced to "lonely, widowed, and unworthy", but princes and kings often call themselves this. Therefore, in many cases, everything in the world seems to be damaged but actually benefits, or it seems to benefit but is actually damaged .Others teach me the truth, and I also use it to teach others. It is difficult for a domineering person to die well. I take this sentence as the leading idea of ​​teaching.)
【Explanation by Famous Artists】

Mr. He Shang:
The one who was born at the beginning of Taoism is also one.Life is yin and yang.Yin and Yang produce the three qi of harmony, clearness and turbidity, which are divided into heaven, earth and man.Heaven, earth and man co-exist with all things, the heavens transform the earth, and people grow and support them.

All things are yin and yang, returning to the heart and facing the sun.There is vitality in all things, which can be soft and gentle. If there is storage in the chest, marrow in the bones, and emptiness and qi in the vegetation, it can live for a long time.

(Lonely and widowed people have an ominous name, but those who are called by princes and dukes are humble, and the law is empty and soft. If you can't attract, you must return. If you grow up, you will collapse, and if you are greedy, you will suffer. It is said that everyone teaches, Get rid of the weak to be strong, and get rid of the soft to be strong. I teach everyone to make the strong to be weak, and the soft to be strong. Those who are strong are said not to believe in mystery, to betray morality, not to follow scriptures, and to follow power and power. Those who are not allowed to die, Killed by the destiny, cut by the sword, killed by the law of the king, you cannot die with your lifespan. Father, the beginning. Lao Tzu used the strong man as the beginning of his teachings.)
(End of this chapter)