One produced Two;Once life was "sparked," the universes were formed. As Derek Lin sees it, this is the space in which yin and yang differentiate themselves from each other. The thread that holds existence together takes shape.
~ James Legge translation, from The Sacred Books of the East, 1891 ~
One begot two.
~ Gia-fu Feng and Jane English translation, published by Vintage Books, 1989 ~
One produces two
~ Derek Lin translation, from Tao Te Ching: Annotated & Explained, published by SkyLight Paths, 2006 ~
one making two,
~ Ron Hogan rendition, from Beatrice.com, 2004 ~
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While I agree with Derek Lin, I would say once Being came from Non-being, that unity became differentiated into the duality of yin and yang. Are rocks life? Is hydrogen life? Water isn't life (although it comes from the union of hydrogen and oxygen)although certainly life as we know it depends on it. How many universes are you talking about? They came AFTER life? I think this "sparking of life" is reading something into it that isn't there. This is about cosmology, not biology; quantum physics, not chemistry; metaphysics, not consciousness. (IMHO.)
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