道生一,一生二,二生三,三生萬悟。 萬物負陰而抱陽,衝氣以為和。

The Way begot one,
And the one, two;
Then the two begot three,
And three, all else.

All things bear the shade on their backs,
And the sun in their arms;
By the blending of breath,
From the sun and the shade,
Equilibrium comes to the world.