Something From Nothing
Translation by Tree Buffalo
Nature is hidden and nameless.
And as a result, excellent at starting and finishing.*
Nature moves in cycles by yielding.
Because everything comes from something, and something from nothing.
*These opening two lines are often included at the end of Chapter 41 (which comes before Chapter 40 in the Ma Wang Tui manuscript). -See Henricks.
Read some of the first English translations of Chapter 40 here.
