Chaos (Chinese god)

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In Chinese mythology, Chaos (Chinese: 浑沌 húndùn or "Hun-Tun") is the name of a god.

According to the Daoist classic Zhuangzi by the eponymous author, Chaos existed as a deity with existence and pure sentience, but had no sensory inputs whatsoever. His peers saw that he had no ways of feeling the external world. Out of a reciprocity for its acts of kindness, they carved seven orifices on its blank face, one every day - the orbits of the eyes, the ear canals, the nostril and the mouth. By the seventh day, Chaos was in possession of the five earthly senses.

It died immediately.