Displaying 4 translations: Dyer, Henricks, Lau, Wu
Chapter 40 Dyer
Returning is the motion of the Dao.
Yielding is the way of the Dao.
The ten thousand things are born of being.
Being is born of non-being.
Chapter 40 Henricks
1. "Reversal" is the movement of the Dao;
2. "Weakness" is the function of the Dao.
3. The things of the world originate in being,
4. And being originates in nonbeing.
Chapter 40 Lau
Turning back is how the way moves;
Weakness is the means the way employs.
The myriad creatures in the world are born from
Something, and Something from Nothing.
Chapter 40 Wu
The movement of the Tao consists in Returning.
The use of the Tao consists in softness.
All things under heaven are born of the corporeal:
The corporeal is born of the Incorporeal.