hsüan, n.Definitions

Hsüan (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the deep, dark mystery before any line between order and disorder is drawn — the world before anything is classified and named.

Hsüan (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the Tao's darkness — not night, but the sheer inconceivability the mind meets when it tries to remember before birth or sound its own depths.