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Chapter 42 of Lao-tsu.

 

Do(Tao) produced the One.

The One produced the two.

The two produced the three.

And the three produced the everythings.

The everything carries the yin and embrace the yang, and throught the blending of the Ki(material force) they achieve harmony.

People hate to be children without parents, lonely people without spouses, or men without food to eat,

And yet kings and lords call themselves by these names.

Therefore it is often the case that things gain by losing and lose by gaining.

What others have taught, I teach also:

"Violent and fierce people do not die a natural death."

I shall make this the father of my teaching.


<Comment>

It is often understood that the One is the original material force or the Great Ultimate, the two are yin and yang, the three are their blending with the original material force, and the everything is things carrying yin and embracing yang. The similarity of this process to that of the Book of Changes, in which the Great Ultimate produces the Two Forces (yin and yang) and then the myriad things, is amaziing. The important point, however, is not the specific similarities, but the evolution from the simple to the complex. This theory is common to nearly all Chinese philosophical schools.

It should be noted that the evolution here, as in the Book of Changes, is natural. Production is not personal Creation or purposeful origination, but natrual causation.