Reason's modifications

"Reason begets unity; unity begets duality; duality begets trinity ; and trinity begets the ten thousand things. The ten thousand things are sustained by Yin [the negative principle]; they are encompassed by Yang [the positive principle], and the immaterial Ch'i [the breath of life] renders them harmonious. That which the people find odious, to be an orphan, a widower, or a nobody, kings and princes select as their titles. Thus, on the one hand, loss implies gain, and on the other hand, gain implies loss. What others have taught I teach also. The strong and aggressive do not die a natural death ; but I shall expound the doctrine's foundation."