投票:外方评委 8人投票★,中方评委 5人投票●
1.One gives birth to two,two gives birth to three,and three,to all living species.
(王昌玲译)★★★●●
2.Every cause has its effect.
(崔传明译)★★★★★
3.One begets two,two begets three and three begets the multitude.
(吴春晓译)●●●
4.Tao begets one(universe),one begets two(Yin and Yang),two begets three(Heaven,Earth and Man),and three begets all things.
(张晓阳译)●●●
5.Tao creates one,one creates two,two creates three,and three creates all things.
(何艳译)★★
6.The Tao is the origin of one universe.The universe gives rise to two forces,Yin and Yang,which interact to generate a new being,the third being.Then all beings are created successively.
(马建军译)●●
7.The way of Dao fathers one;from one comes two;from two comes three;from three comes the whole creation.
(乐国斌译)●●
8.Dao begets one,one begets two,two begets three,and three begets multitudes.
(王绍昌译)●●
9.Tao is unique.Tao itself contains Yin and Yang.The two intersect and form a well-balanced state.In this state,all things come into being.
(董秀静译)●●
10.Out of Tao,One was born.Out of One,Two were formed.Out of Two,Three were made.Out of Three,all things were then created.
(叶如钢译)★