11.
Three-ten
hem-width strips
share together
One
hub of a wheel—on a carriage used for harvesting;
equally—like the suburbs and field facing one another—
what it holds a basket of…
nothing—no one dancing with long tails flowing from their wrists—nope, never, no way, nowhere, nohow Not-Being
Flesh-and-blood meat-holding-Being
a carriage
has this
doing of truly useful work—like a water bucket—by means of carrying capacity.
Molding clay on a potter’s wheel,
clay that looks straight on—up and down,
this means…
efforting—like lifting up an elephant—
set of valuable vessels with lots of capacity—worthy of a guard dog;
equally—like the suburbs and field facing one another—
what it holds a basket of…
nothing—no one dancing with long tails flowing from their wrists—nope, never, no way, nowhere, nohow Not-Being…
Flesh-and-blood meat-holding-Being
set of valuable vessels with lots of capacity—worthy of a guard dog—
has this
doing of truly useful work—like a water bucket—by means of carrying capacity.
Chiseling—with that tool used to mark slaves and criminals—
the single-gate-doorway to a household,
a window—especially a boudoir window, that sliver of wood that’s half of a double-winged gateway and lets moonlight shine in on the family’s primordial father who’s like ten hung, round spindles,
this means…
efforting—like lifting up an elephant—
living space—where a wife arrives to live;
equally—like the suburbs and field facing one another—
what it holds a basket of…
nothing—no one dancing with long tails flowing from their wrists—nope, never, no way, nowhere, nohow Not-Being…
Flesh-and-blood meat-holding-Being
living space—where a wife arrives to live—
has this
doing of truly useful work—like a water bucket—by means of carrying capacity.
Anciently, for ten generations, this lightly hits and leaves this mark of reason…
Flesh-and-blood meat-holding-Being
what it has…
this means…
efforting—like lifting up an elephant—
benefiting—surely, reaping grain with a blade;
nothing—no one dancing with long tails flowing from their wrists—nope, never, no way, nowhere, nohow Not-Being…
what it has…
this means…
efforting—like lifting up an elephant—
doing of truly useful work—like a water bucket—by means of carrying capacity.
The Dào of Lâozî 