Hundun

Hundun (Chinese: 混沌; pinyin: Hùndùn; Wade–Giles: Hun⁴-tun⁴; lit. 'muddled confusion') is both a "legendary faceless being" in Chinese mythology and the "primordial and central chaos" in Chinese cosmogony, comparable with the world egg.

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