「《道德經》如何用英語讀?」
道可道,非常道。
Dao can be spoken, not ordinary Dao.
名可名,非常名。
Name can be named, not ordinary name.
無名天地之始;
“Nothing” names Heaven Earth’s beginning;
有名萬物之母。
“Thing” names all things’s mother.
故常無欲以觀其妙;
Thus always “Nothing” desire to observe its essence;
常有欲以觀其徼。
Always “Thing” desire to observe its appearance.
此兩者同出而異名,
These two things same sour