èr shí yī

kŏng dé zhī róng
wéi dào shì cóng
dào zhī wéi wù
wéi huăng wéi hū
hū xī huăng xī
qí zhōng yŏu xiàng ; huăng xī hū xī
qí zhōng yŏu wù
yăo xī míng xī
qí zhōng yŏu jīng ; qí jīng shèn zhēn
qí zhōng yŏu xìn
zì jīn jí gŭ
qí míng bù qù
yĭ yuè zhòng fŭ
wú hé yĭ zhī zhòng fŭ zhī zhuàng zāi ？yĭ cĭ

21

The Master keeps her mind
always at one with the Tao;
that is what gives her her radiance.

The Tao is ungraspable.
How can her mind be at one with it?
Because she doesn't cling to ideas.

The Tao is dark and unfathomable.
How can it make her radiant?
Because she lets it.

Since before time and space were,
the Tao is.
It is beyond
is and is not.
How do I know this is true?
I look inside myself and see.