一孔录The video for this chapter is still in production. For now this page gives the original text, the facsimile page, a working translation and the commentary; the full reading follows when the video is out.
谷神不死，是謂玄牝。玄牝之門，是謂天地根。綿綿若存，用之不勤。The spirit of the valley never dies; it is called the dark female. The gate of the dark female is called the root of heaven and earth. Unbroken, as if always there; use it, and it never wears out.
What this chapter says
一孔按：最能生养的东西，待在最低、最空的地方，不出声，不露形，一直在用，用不尽。王弼注原话：谷中央无谷也；欲言存耶，则不见其形；欲言亡耶，万物以之生。
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白Plain Chinese
虚空而神妙的谷神永远不死，这叫作玄妙的母性。玄妙母性的门户，就是天地的根本。绵绵不绝，若有若无，怎么用也用不尽。
Draft plain-Chinese rendering following Wang Bi; it will be checked when the chapter is taught.
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