试译《道德经》第一章

道 可 道 ， 非 常 道 。

The Dao can be illustrated, but not ordinarily.

名 可 名 ， 非 常 名 。

The  name can be named, but it is not an ordinary name.

无 名 天 地 之 始 ﹔ 

Not being able to be named is the beginning of heaven and earth,

有 名 万 物 之 母 

Being able to be named mother of all things.

故 常 无 ， 欲 以 观 其 妙 ﹔ 常 有 ， 欲 以 观 其 徼 。

Thus from constant non-being we learn the marvelousness; and from constant being the phenomenon.

此 两 者 ， 同 出 而 异 名 ， 同 谓 之 玄 。

Both are of the same origin though different in name, and both are called the metaphysical.

玄 之 又 玄 ， 众 妙 之 门 。

The gate to all that is marvelous is the metaphysics of the metaphysical.