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PT. II. SECT.VII.
THE WRITINGS OF KWANG-BZE.
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BOOK XIV.
PART II. SECTION VII. Thien Yün, or · The Revolution of Heaven?'
1. How (ceaselessly) heaven revolves ! How (constantly) earth abides at rest! And do the sun and moon contend about their (respective) places ? Who presides over and directs these (things) ? Who binds and connects them together? Who is it that, without trouble or exertion on his part, causes and maintains them? Is it, perhaps, that there is some secret spring, in consequence of which they cannot be but as they are ? Or is it, perhaps, that they move and turn as they do, and cannot stop of themselves?
(Then) how the clouds become rain! And how the rain again forms the clouds! Who diffuses them so abundantly? Who is it that, without trouble or exertion on his part, produces this elemental enjoyment, and seems to stimulate it?
The winds rise in the north; one blows to the west, and another to the east; while some rise upwards, uncertain in their direction. By whose breathing are they produced ? Who is it that, without any trouble and exertion of his own, effects all their undulations ? I venture to ask their cause.
i See pp. 145, 146.
? Down to this we have a description of the phenomena of heaven and earth and of nature generally as proceeding regularly
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