Tao Te Ching · Chapter 6 of 81

Chapter 6

modern paraphrase of James Legge's 1891 translation

Modern paraphrase. This is an AI-generated retelling in contemporary English (model: claude-opus-4-7). It is not the James Legge translation. The original is one click away.

The spirit of the valley never dies; we call it the mysterious female. Her gate is named the root of heaven and earth. Continuous, it seems always to endure; draw on it, and it is never exhausted.