第四章

道冲，而用之有弗盈也。渊呵！似万物之宗。锉其兑，解其纷，和其光，同其尘。湛呵！似或存。吾不知其谁之子，象帝之先。

Chapter 4

The Tao is a void, yet it impacts everywhere. 

So profound! It's the father of all things. 

Blunt its blade, resolve its trouble, dim its glow, mix with dusts. 

So implicit yet so explicit! I don't know who gave birth to it, but it could be the ancestry of all gods. 

第五章

天地不仁，以万物为刍狗；圣人不仁，以百姓为刍狗。天地之间，其犹橐龠乎？虚而不屈，动而俞出。多闻数穷，不若守于中。

Chaper 5

Heaven and Earth are indifferent, treating everything like nothing. 

Sages are indifferent, treating everybody like nobody. 

Between Heaven and Earth, isn't it like a bellows? Empty but unexhausted, it blows out forcefully with its movements. 

Overloaded knowledges often counteract, one should instead stay centered within himeself. 

第六章 

谷神不死，是谓玄牝。玄牝之门，是谓天地之根。绵绵呵！其若存！用之不堇。 

Chaper 6

Everlasting is the Tao, that is the mysterious maternity. Its entrance is the basis for the Heaven and Earth. 

Forever and ever, it exists and governs with infinite capacity.