（ The quality that can be
defined is not the Absolute Quality.
The names that can be given it
are not Absolute names.
It is the origin of heaven and
earth.
When named it is the mother of
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all things...
Quality (romantic Quality) and
its manifestations (classic Quality)
are in their nature the same.It is
given different names (subjects and
objects) when it becomes classically
manifest.
Romantic quality and classic
quality together may be called the
“mystic.”
Reaching from mystery into
deeper mystery， it is the gate to
the secret of all life.
Quality is all pervading.
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And its use is inexhaustible！
Fathomless！
Like the fountainhead of all
things...
Yet crystal clear like water it
seems to remain.
I do not know whose Son it is.
An image of what existed
before God.
...Continuously， continuously it
seems to remain.Draw upon it and
it serves you with ease...
Looked at but cannot be
seen...listened to but cannot be
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heard...grasped at but cannot be
touched...these three elude all our
inquiries and hence blend and
become one.
Not by its rising is there light，
Not by its sinking is there
darkness
Unceasing， continuous
It cannot be defined
And reverts again into the
realm of nothingness
That is why it is called the form
of the formless
The image of nothingness
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That is why it is called elusive
Meet it and you do not see its
face
Follow it and you do not see its
back
He who holds fast to the quality
of old
Is able to know the primeval
beginnings
Which are the continuity of
quality.) （老子《道德经》英语部分经
作者融入个人见解，较中文原文更易明
白，是故需列英语部分辅助说明——译
者注）
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斐德洛一句一句地念，一行一行地
念，发现它们正符合他的意思，只不过
他表达得很僵化，而《道德经》中却说
得非常清楚而准确，这就是他一直想说
的，只是此刻却从不同的背景，用不同
的语言说出来。他从另一座山谷看到这
一座山谷的景象，他所说的不是陌生人
所讲的故事，他本身也是山谷的一部分。
他看到了一切。