Chapter 21

孔德之容，惟道是從。
道之為物，惟恍惟惚。
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。
自今及古，其名不去，以閱眾甫。
吾何以知眾甫之狀哉？
以此。

The bearing of great virtue follows the Way alone.
The Way, as a thing, is only dim, only blurred.
Blurred, dim, and within it there is an image;
dim, blurred, and within it there is a thing.
Deep, dark, and within it there is an essence;
the essence is utterly real, and within it there is something sure.
From now back to ancient times its name has not left it, and through it the beginnings of all things are seen.
How do I know the beginnings of all things are so?
By this.