《老子道德经(英译本)Lao Tze》14. Mystery

　　Looked at but cannot be seen - it is beneath form;

　　Listened to but cannot be heard - it is beneath sound;

　　Held but cannot be touched - it is beneath feeling;

　　These depthless things evade definition,

　　And blend into a single mystery.

　　In its rising there is no light,

　　In its falling there is no darkness,

　　A continuous thread beyond description,

　　Lining what can not occur;

　　Its form formless,

　　Its image nothing,

　　Its name silence;

　　Follow it, it has no back,

　　Meet it, it has no face.

　　Attend the present to deal with the past;

　　Thus you grasp the continuity of the Way,

　　Which is its essence.