Hun Dun
Hun Dun混沌 (in classical texts 渾沌, also 渾 敦), also Hundun , is a figure in Chinese mythology who symbolizes primeval chaos. However, it is not a symbol of disorder in the form of a wild mess, but the concept of a primeval formlessness in which things cannot (yet) be distinguished from one another. It is the state of "unseparation" before the beginning of our world.
The ruler Hun Dun received regular visits from the Lords of the South Sea, Shu, and of the North Sea, Hu. Since he always showed them great hospitality, they both decided one day to reward him for his kindness. For a long time they thought about what they could do him good and finally came up with the following solution: All human beings have seven body openings - for seeing, hearing, eating and breathing. But the great Hun Dun does not have a single opening, so we want to add some to him. They stepped before Hun Dun's throne and proposed this to him, Hun Dun enthusiastically accepted the proposal. Every day they bored an opening in his body. But on the seventh day, when they had finished drilling the seventh body opening, Hun Dun died.
Remarks
- ↑ Dschuang Dsi 1998, p. 303, VII
- ↑ Zimmermann / Gruschke 2008, p. 18; 68f.
- ↑ See the version on the Tao-Chi website, p. 300
literature
- Dschuang Dsi / Richard Wilhelm (trans.): The true book from the southern blossom country , Munich 1969, special edition 1998, p. 303. ISBN 3424005746
- Astrid Zimmermann and Andreas Gruschke: When the world egg broke. Myths and Legends of China (Diederichs Yellow Series), Munich - Kreuzlingen 2008. ISBN 3720530523