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 V       4V             M        A           A                      E TA O T E H KI N G                      PA RT 1. Ch. 1. 1. The Tao that can be trodden is not the %‘T Thhi  V enduring and unchanging Tao. The name that can [ a%<e· be named is not the enduring and unchanging name. I   rT_..¢   2. (Conceived of as) having no name, it is the _ .1 irir V   e... . Originator of heaven and earth; (conceived of as) * having a name, it is the Mother of all things. t   V_..t. 3. Always without desire we must be found, l.ii  If its de€P mYsterY we would sound; I   j  g; ll—.lg    ,i“e M But if desire always within us be, M I i s,.i   ,,ie,% I Its outer fringe is all that we shall see. I    Mi  4. Under these two aspects, it is really the same e;* ¥.;°_[ Vi... M but as development takes place, it receives the dif-M .,pl ferent names. Together we call them the Mystery. I .ilii_< Y  Where the Mystery is the deepest is the gate of all   ¤.“t f ><l ;. ‘,M. <.l. V that is subtle and wonderful. I  j l<,fii Q li‘i,. A  QQ E, ‘ Embodying the Tao} The author sets forth,. lii.}  ,*i.t  M l,., I it as well as the difficulty of his subject would allow him, the I     if l’i.lil T , f p I nature of the Tao in itself and its manifestation. To f  isgp. understand the Tao one must be partaker of its nature. if   pf p M Par. 3 suggests the words of the apostle john, ‘ He that _  it loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.’ Both the   irei fig. J pllyp. ;;j p. c Tao, Lao-gze°S_ideal in the absolute, and its Teh, or opera—. f ..~   tion, are comprehended in this chapter, the latter being the [ ° Tao with the name, the Mother of all things. See pages 12, pi g p .p».. · prtg T t I3 in the Introduction on the translation of the term Tao. M l,.r T c,<e { I 2. 1. All in the world know the beauty of the. ltgt beautiful, and in doing this they have (the idea of) M