关键词: 《無能子》, 宇宙生成論, 炁(氣)生萬物, 任自然

Abstract: Master Incompetent (Wuneng Zi 無能子) is a philosophical work written by anonymous author during the Tang dynasty, and has been categorized as a Daoist work by various Literature and Art Records. Its core of this philosophical thought is the reasoning of nature and the end of life. The content of the book is slightly ritualistic and religious, but outside worldly affairs, and talks a lot about the absence of nature and the absence of desire for life. The book's theory of cosmogenesis is a distinctive style of its own, influencing and shaping Master Incompetent's unique socio-political and worldly thinking. This article focuses on the cosmogenesis theory of the book Master Incompetent, and briefly discusses the qualities and connotations of its theory of cosmogenesis of “letting nature take its course” by comparing it to other theories of “air (qi) generating everything”. In addition, this article also discusses the number of chapters of Master Incompetent.

Key words: Master Incompetent, Cosmogenesis theory, Air (qi) generating everything, Letting nature take its course