The original text of Tao Te Ching, Chapters 2.
【简体中文版】 天下皆知美之为美,斯恶已;皆知善之为善,斯不善已。故有无相生,难易相成,长短相形,高下相盈,音声相和,前后相随。是以圣人处无为之事,行不言之教;万物作焉而不辞,生而不有,为而不恃,功成而弗居。夫唯弗居,是以不去。 【繁體中文版】 天下皆知美之為美,斯惡已;皆知善之為善,斯不善已。故有無相生,難易相成,長短相形,高下相盈,音聲相和,前後相隨。是以聖人處無為之事,行不言之教;萬物作焉而不辭,生而不有,為而不恃,功成而弗居。夫唯弗居,是以不去。 【English Version】 All in the world know the beauty of the beautiful, and in doing this they have (the idea of) what ugliness is; they all know the goodness of the good, and in doing this they have (the idea of) what is not good. So it is that existence and … Read more
