反 · fǎn · Reversal
以终为始
- 从目标开始，逆向倒推，是达到目标的最短路径。
Begin with the end.
- Start from the goal and work backward — the shortest path to reaching it.
物极必反
- 事物发展到极限必然走向反面。
- 所有的顺境都暗含着衰退的引线。
At its extreme, a thing reverses.
- Pushed to its limit, anything turns to its opposite.
- Every stretch of good fortune hides the fuse of its decline.
反者道之动
- 突破和质变往往从反面和空白开始
Reversal is the movement of the Way.
- Breakthroughs and leaps often begin from the reverse side, and from the blank