Chapter 8 Part 2: Beautiful Men in Pei County

Dao Chong, use it or not, Yuan Xi is like the ancestor of all things, dampen its sharpness, untie its chaos, harmonize its light, be the same as its dust, clear like it may exist, I don’t know whose son, like the emperor’s predecessor. ——Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching Chapter Four" The body of Tao is nothingness, and it is because of nothingness that it can produce endless effects. The capacity of Tao is as vast as an abyss, so it can create all things, and it itself is the source of all things. There is no edge, so there will be no disturbances, and the light will be hidden forever, as ordinary as a dustman.It looks like nothing, and sometimes you can't see it, hear it, or touch it.But "Tao does exist, it has no purpose and no characteristics, it just exists."

We never know where it came from, but "Tao" is the creator of heaven and earth, so "Tao" should exist before heaven and earth. The last paragraph may not be easy to understand, so it may be easier to understand it when explained in Zhuangzi's words; Zhuangzi said: "'Tao', you are your own foundation and root. It exists, it creates ghosts, the earth creates gods, it gives birth to heaven, and it also gives birth to earth.” The greatness of Tao lies in emptiness, so it can contain all things, and its plasticity is the greatest, so that it is endless.