The Three Principle Texts of Daoism translated by ... - Bad Request

6.“Chi Chen," said Shao Chih, “taught Chance; ChiehTzu taught Predestination. In the speculations of thesetwo schools, on which side did right lie?"“The cock crows," replied T'ai Kung Tiao, “and the dogbarks. So much we know. But the wisest of us could notsay why one crows and the other barks, nor guess whythey crow or bark at all.“Let me explain. The infinitely small is inappreciable;the infinitely great is immeasurable. Chance andPredestination must refer to the conditioned.Consequently, both are wrong.”“Predestination involves a real existence. Chance impliesan absolute absence of any principle. To have a name andthe embodiment thereof,--this is to have a materialexistence. To have no name and no embodiment,--of thisone can speak and think; but the more one speaks thefarther off one gets.”“The unborn creature cannot be kept from life. Thedead cannot be tracked. From birth to death is but aspan; yet the secret cannot be known. Chance andPredestination are but a priori solutions.”“When I seek for a beginning, I find only time infinite.