道 冲 ， 而 用 之 或 不 盈 。
Dao is a hollow vessle and its use is inexhaustible.
渊 兮 ， 似 万 物 之 宗 。
Abyss! It is so deep and profound that it is like the ancestor of all things.
挫其锐，解其纷，和其光，同其尘。
Its sharp edges are rounded off; its entanglements are untied. Drifting with the current, one shall not stand out from his surroundings.
湛 兮 ， 似 或 存 。
Yet as tranquil and serene as it is, Dao seems to exist all around.
吾 不 知 谁 之 子 ， 象 帝 之 先 。
I do not know where Dao comes from. It seems as if Dao existed before Heaven and Earth.
