原文:
惚兮恍兮,其中有象;恍兮惚兮,其中有物;窈兮冥兮,其中有精,其精甚真,其中有信。
译文:
它是那样的恍恍惚惚啊,其中却有形象。它是那样的恍恍惚惚啊,其中却有实物。它是那样的深远暗昧啊,其中却有精质;这精质是最真实的,这精质是可以信验的。
解释:
象:形象、具象。
窈兮冥兮:窈,深远,微不可见。冥,暗昧,深不可测。
精:最微小的原质,极细微的物质性的实体。微小中之最微小。
甚真:是很真实的。
信:信实、信验,真实可信。
我的翻译:
Dao is quite confused and stupefied.
It is quite confuse and stupefied,but it seems to has an image .
It is quite confuse and stupefied,but it
seems to has material objects.
It is also deep and ambiguous, but it has
tiny substances which are true and can be tested and verified.