The Way that can be walked is not the eternal Way.
Searching for precious goods leads astray.
The great image lacks shape.
The Eternal generates the One. The One generates the Two. The Two generates the Three. The Three generates all things.
Man at his birth is supple and tender, but in death, he is rigid and hard. Thus, suppleness and tenderness accompany life, but rigidity and hardness accompany death.
In ancient times, people said that imperfect moves to becoming perfect. Are these words vain? No! Truly, by gaining Unity you come to Perfection!