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浑沌(hùndùn)
“浑沌”又作“混沌”，有两种不同含义咨询QQ、微信：2544906气未分，浑沌为一。”(王充《论衡•谈天》)
南海之帝为儵，北海之帝为忽，中央之帝为浑沌。儵与忽时相与遇于浑沌之地，浑沌待之甚善。儵与忽谋报浑沌之德，曰：人皆有七窍以视听食息，此独无有，尝试凿之。日凿一窍，七日而浑沌死。(《庄子•应帝王》)
Those who commented on The Book of Changes said, “Before qi (vital force) appeared, the world was in a state of formless chaos.”(Wang Chong: A Comparative Study of Different Schools of Learning)
The king of the South Sea was called Shu, the king of the North Sea was called Hu, and the king of the Central Region was called Chaos. Shu and Hu often met in the territory of Chaos, who treated them very well. They wanted to repay his kindness, and said, “Every man has seven apertures with which to hear, to see, to eat and drink, and to breathe, but Chaos alone has none of them. Let’s try and bore some for him.” They bored one aperture on Chaos each day, and on the seventh day Chaos died. (Zhuangzi)