*14. Chap. V. Wu-shih [OMITTED] (The Nature of Things).
Heaven and Earth do not create man and the other things
on earth intentionally. They all grow of themselves. Had Heaven
produced all creatures on purpose, it would have taught them
mutual love, whereas now one destroys the other. Some have explained
this struggle for existence by the hypothesis that all creatures
are filled with the fluid of the Five Elements, which fight together
and overcome one another. Wang Ch`ung controverts this view and
the symbolism connected therewith.
