Taiyi Shengshui (Chinese: 太一生水; pinyin: Tàiyī Shēngshuǐ; lit.
'The Great One Gave Birth to Water') is an ancient Chinese text from around 300 BC during the Warring States period.
According to the transcription and translation by professors Wen Xing and Robert G. Henricks of Dartmouth College, the opening lines are: 太一生水， 水反輔太一， 是以成天。天反輔太一，是以成地。 天地（復相輔）也， 是以成神明。 神明復相輔也， 是以成陰陽。[1] The Great One (Taiyi) gave birth to water.
Water returned and assisted Taiyi, in this way developing heaven.
[3] The text's inclusion in the Guodian "Laozi C" bundle has led some scholars to suggest it may have been considered part of the Tao Te Ching.