The first chapter of the Tao Te Ching| 23 x 32cm

Name :  The first chapter of the Tao Te Ching(With Signature)

Artist : Zhou  Cailin
Size : 23 x 32cm，

Framed :walnut frame

The Tao Te Ching, written by the ancient Chinese thinker Lao Tzu (Li Er), is one of the greatest philosophical works in Chinese history and the source of Taoist thought. 

The first chapter of the Tao Te Ching is the general outline of the book, and it is also the most mysterious and thought-provoking chapter. Lao Tzu opens the chapter with a clear meaning, directly revealing the nature of "Tao" and the fundamental way for us to understand the world.

The original text is as follows:
The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao.
The name that can be named is not the eternal name.
The unnamable is the eternally real.
Naming is the origin of all particular things.
Free from desire, you realize the mystery.
Caught in desire, you see only the manifestations.
Yet mystery and manifestations arise from the same source.
This source is called darkness.
Darkness within darkness.
The gateway to all understanding.

The origin of the universe is the "Tao" that transcends language, which evolves all things through the cycle of "nothing" and "being". If we want to grasp the truth, we must have both macroscopic and microscopic visions, and switch freely between "existence" and "nothing". This is the door to all mysteries (the door to all mysteries).