Dao De Jing Chapter 25 ~ As I See It ~ 
1. Something primordial formed 有物混成 yǒu wù hǔnchéng
2. before the sky and the earth were born. 先天地生 xiān tiān dì shēng
3. Silent and still, 寂寥 jì liáo
4. Existing independently and unchanging. 独立而不改 dú lì ér bù gǎi
5. She can be regarded as 可以為 kě yǐ wéi
6. the mother of the world of human relations. 天下母 tiān xià mǔ
7. Not yet knowing her name, 未知其名 wèi zhī qí míng
8. I give her the title ‘Dao’ 字之曰道 zì zhī yuē dào
9. If forced to give a name, 吾强为之名wú qiáng wéi zhī míng
10. I’d say ‘Great’. ‘Great’ says ‘overflowing’, 曰大 大曰逝 yuē dà dà yuē shì*
11. ‘overflowing’ says ‘reaching far away’, 逝曰远 shì yuē yuǎn
12. ‘reaching far away’ says ‘to return’. 远曰反 yuǎn yuē fǎn
13. The sky is great, the earth is great, Dao is great. 天大地大道大Tiāndà dìdà dàodà
14. The king too is great in the realm. There are 王亦大域中有wángyìdàyùzhōngyǒu
15. four greats, the king counts as one of them. 四大安王处一安sìdàānwángchùyīān
16. People live on earth; earth exists inside sky; 人法地地法天 Rén fǎ dì dì fǎ tiān
17. sky exists inside Dao; 天法道 tiān fǎ dào
18. Dao exists independently. 道法自然 dào fǎ zìrán
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Characters from the Hendricks Guodian
* 逝 The Guodian uses another character, which is not on my keyboard.
These character are not in the Guodian:
- 兮 line 3.
- 周行而不殆 between lines 3. and 4.
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Traditional characters: 处 (處), 远(遠), 强(強), 为(為), 独(獨).
1. Something primordial formed 有物混成 yǒu wù hǔnchéng
2. before the sky and the earth were born. 先天地生 xiān tiān dì shēng
3. Silent and still, 寂寥 jì liáo
4. Existing independently and unchanging. 独立而不改 dú lì ér bù gǎi
5. She can be regarded as 可以為 kě yǐ wéi
6. the mother of the world of human relations. 天下母 tiān xià mǔ
7. Not yet knowing her name, 未知其名 wèi zhī qí míng
8. I give her the title ‘Dao’ 字之曰道 zì zhī yuē dào
9. If forced to give a name, 吾强为之名wú qiáng wéi zhī míng
10. I’d say ‘Great’. ‘Great’ says ‘overflowing’, 曰大 大曰逝 yuē dà dà yuē shì*
11. ‘overflowing’ says ‘reaching far away’, 逝曰远 shì yuē yuǎn
12. ‘reaching far away’ says ‘to return’. 远曰反 yuǎn yuē fǎn
13. The sky is great, the earth is great, Dao is great. 天大地大道大Tiāndà dìdà dàodà
14. The king too is great in the realm. There are 王亦大域中有wángyìdàyùzhōngyǒu
15. four greats, the king counts as one of them. 四大安王处一安sìdàānwángchùyīān
16. People live on earth; earth exists inside sky; 人法地地法天 Rén fǎ dì dì fǎ tiān
17. sky exists inside Dao; 天法道 tiān fǎ dào
18. Dao exists independently. 道法自然 dào fǎ zìrán
~~~
Characters from the Hendricks Guodian
* 逝 The Guodian uses another character, which is not on my keyboard.
These character are not in the Guodian:
- 兮 line 3.
- 周行而不殆 between lines 3. and 4.
~~~
Traditional characters: 处 (處), 远(遠), 强(強), 为(為), 独(獨).
