All the world knows beauty
But if that becomes beautiful
This becomes ugly
All the world knows good
But if that becomes good
This becomes bad
Have and have not create each other
Hard and easy produce each other
Long and short shape each other
High and low complete each other
Note and noise accompany each other
First and last follow each other
Sages therefore perform effortless deeds and teach wordless lessons
They don’t look after all the things that arise or depend on them as the develop
Or claim them when they reach perfection
And because they don’t claim them
They are never without them