三十五章
执大象,天下往。
往而不害,安平泰。
乐与饵,过客止。
道之出口,淡乎其无味,视之不足见,听之不足闻,用之不足既。
Hold the Great Symbol
and all the world follows,
Follows without meeting harm,
(And lives in) health, peace, commonwealth.
Offer good things to eat
And the wayfarer stays.
But Tao is mild to the taste.
Looked at, it cannot be seen;
Listened to, it cannot be heard;
Applied, its supply never fails.