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Mohism -> Mozi -> Book 13 -> Lu's Question -> 17

彭轻生子Peng Qing Shengzi said:
"The past can be known,
。” the future cannot."
墨子 Mozi said:
Suppose your parents met with misfortune a hundred li away.
And there was just the margin of a single day.
If they could be reached they would live,
if not they would die.
Here are a strong wagon and an excellent horse,
and also a bad horse and a square-wheeled cart.
使 And you are allowed to choose.
Which would you take?
It was replied
that the excellent horse and the strong wagon
。” would of course make for a more speedy journey.
墨子 Mozi said:
!” How then is the future not knowable?


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