《老子道德经(英译本)Lao Tze》16. Decay and Renewal

　　Empty the self completely;

　　Embrace perfect peace.

　　The world will rise and move;

　　Watch it return to rest.

　　All the flourishing things

　　Will return to their source.

　　This return is peaceful;

　　It is the flow of nature,

　　An eternal decay and renewal.

　　Accepting this brings enlightenment,

　　Ignoring this brings misery.

　　Who accepts nature’s flow becomes all-cherishing;

　　Being all-cherishing he becomes impartial;

　　Being impartial he becomes magnanimous;

　　Being magnanimous he becomes natural;

　　Being natural he becomes one with the Way;

　　Being one with the Way he becomes immortal:

　　Though his body will decay, the Way will not.