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Reading:
<em><strong>Ask the Sky-The (Songs of Chu 天问 -楚辞 (楚辞) Excerpt </strong></em>by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qu_Yuan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Qu Yuan</a> (343 a. C. - 278 a. C).
Deep in the past, at the very beginning of everything,
who was there to tell us what it was like?
If up and down had not yet formed,
from what position could one observe it?
In the blear dusk before the parting of darkness and light,
who could find beginning or end?
If no phenomenon was other than simmering chaos,
through what sense did one experience it?
Dawn breaks, night falls.
But consider time: what is that?
There are three mixtures of yin and yang. Se lo ha saltado
Which is the original? Which are variants?
Nine nested spheres is the sky.
Who designed it?
What work that must have been.
Who began it?
Where is the rope attached that turns it?
In what hub is the Pole inserted?
At what points do the eight pillars uphold it?
Why is there a gap in the southeast horizon?
If each of the Nine Regions has its own sky,
How do the skies fit together,
With their complex jagged edges
And who knows how many junctures
Where does the sky meet the land?
Why is it divided by twelve?
How did the sun and moon find their places
and the fixed stars their positions?
If you rise from the Valley of Dawn
and stop for the night at the Dimming Stream,
from dawn to dusk
how many miles have you traveled?
Night’s brightest light has what power
that after it dies it is reborn?
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<strong>（天问- - 楚辞）</strong>
遂古之初，谁传道之？
上下未形，何由考之？
冥昭瞢暗，谁能极之？
冯翼惟象，何以识之？
明明暗暗，惟时何为？
阴阳三合，何本何化？
圜则九重，孰营度之？
惟兹何功，孰初作之？
斡维焉系，天极焉加？
八柱何当，东南何亏？
九天之际，安放安属？
隅隈多有，谁知其数？
天何所沓？十二焉分？
日月安属？列星安陈？
出自汤谷，次于蒙汜。
自明及晦，所行几里？
夜光何德，死则又育？)
Shi Yuxin – Master Program of International Development, – IE School of Politics, Economics and Global Affairs.
Reading:
Ask the Sky-The (Songs of Chu 天问 -楚辞 (楚辞) Excerpt by Qu Yuan (343 a. C. – 278 a. C).
Deep in the past, at the very beginning of everything,
who was there to tell us what it was like?
If up and down had not yet formed,
from what position could one observe it?
In the blear dusk before the parting of darkness and light,
who could find beginning or end?
If no phenomenon was other than simmering chaos,
through what sense did one experience it?
Dawn breaks, night falls.
But consider time: what is that?
There are three mixtures of yin and yang. Se lo ha saltado
Which is the original? Which are variants?
Nine nested spheres is the sky.
Who designed it?
What work that must have been.
Who began it?
Where is the rope attached that turns it?
In what hub is the Pole inserted?
At what points do the eight pillars uphold it?
Why is there a gap in the southeast horizon?
If each of the Nine Regions has its own sky,
How do the skies fit together,
With their complex jagged edges
And who knows how many junctures
Where does the sky meet the land?
Why is it divided by twelve?
How did the sun and moon find their places
and the fixed stars their positions?
If you rise from the Valley of Dawn
and stop for the night at the Dimming Stream,
from dawn to dusk
how many miles have you traveled?
Night’s brightest light has what power
that after it dies it is reborn?
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（天问- – 楚辞）
遂古之初，谁传道之？
上下未形，何由考之？
冥昭瞢暗，谁能极之？
冯翼惟象，何以识之？
明明暗暗，惟时何为？
阴阳三合，何本何化？
圜则九重，孰营度之？
惟兹何功，孰初作之？
斡维焉系，天极焉加？
八柱何当，东南何亏？
九天之际，安放安属？
隅隈多有，谁知其数？
天何所沓？十二焉分？
日月安属？列星安陈？
出自汤谷，次于蒙汜。
自明及晦，所行几里？
夜光何德，死则又育？
