道德经一
Daodejing One: 12/59
名
可
名
非
常
名
名míng
the name that can be named
is not the constant name
the first line and the second line
are in the same format
so we can read them together
they’re saying something about unnamed or unnamable things
ineffable things
what does ineffable mean?
can’t give a name to it
if you give it a name now
then when you talk about it in the next sentence
you are not referring to the same thing
it’s like a flowing river
the contents of a river now
and that “same” river now (now 2)
are different
