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5湯 問Tang Wen<strong>The</strong> Questions <strong>of</strong>TangEmperor T'ang's First QuestionT'ang <strong>of</strong> Yin questioned Hsia Ko, saying: “In thebeginnings <strong>of</strong> antiquity, did individual things exist?"He suspected that there was only Chaos, and nothingmore.“If things did not exist then," replied Hsia Ko, “howcould they be in existence now? Or will the men <strong>of</strong>future ages be right in denying the existence <strong>of</strong> things atthe present time?"“Things in that case," pursued T'ang, “have no beforenor after?"

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