In English
then asked, "What places have you visited?" The disciple mentioned the names. then said, "You are young and inexperienced and have seen so little of the world. With such limited knowledge, how can you be sure that none like this was ever born or will not be in the future? You do not know the past, nor do you know the future. You do not even know everything about the present. What authority then do you have to make assertive statements about both the past and the future?