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Taoism

Tao Te Ching, Chapter 40

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1

The movement of the Tao By contraries proceeds; And weakness marks the course Of Tao's mighty deeds.

2

All things under heaven sprang from It as existing (and named); that existence sprang from It as non-existent (and not named).

Translation: James Legge, The Tao Teh King (Sacred Books of the East, 1891), public domain.

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