We suggest you turn to the Tao Teh Ching:
42 THE VEILS OF THE TAO. The Tao formulated the One. The One exhaled the Two. The Two were parents of the Three. The Three were parents of all things. All things pass from Obscurity to Manifestation, inspired harmoniously by the Breath of the Void. Men do not like to be fatherless, virtueless, unworthy: yet rulers describe themselves by these names. Thus increase bringeth decrease to some, and decrease bringeth increase to others. Others have taught thus; I consent to it. Violent men and strong die not by natural death. This fact is the foundation of my law. -- tr. A. Crowley