道 可道也 非恆道也
[dao4] [ke3] [dao4] [ye3] [fei1] [heng2] [dao4] [ye3]
The Dao which can be described, is not the Unchanging Dao
道可道，非常道。
[dao4] [ke3] [dao4]， [fei1] [chang2] [dao4]。
The Dao which can be described, is not the Unchanging Dao
The first version uses a different literary construction in order to explain the same concept.… Read the rest here “道德经 Chapter 1”