Chapter 14 of Laotse's TaoTeChing

Following is the original text of chapter 14 of Laotse/Laozi's TaoTeChing/DaoDeJing.

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We look at it ('Tao'), and we can not see it, so we name it 'the superorganic esse'.  We listen to it, and we can not hear it, so we name it 'the soundless voice'.  We try to grasp it, and can not get hold of it, so we name it 'the impalpable existence'. It's difficult to estimate the borderline of these three qualities because they are blent together as one. It is not bright, nor yet is it dark. It's vast, but we can't describe its shape. It moves continually, but it again returns and becomes initial origin. This is called the Form of the Formless, and the sightless image. It always is flickering. Forward, we can not see its beginning; backward, we can not see its terminal.

We try to grasp the rule of long existence 'Tao' in order to cognize true-life concrete things. And then, we can learn the beginning of universe. This is called the clue of 'Tao'.

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