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Master Nansen and goose in bottle

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An absurd story or the art to asking questions unanswered.

There once was a man who used the art of asking questions unanswered to test the wisdom of a master.

He wanted to meet Master Nansen asking him to solve the riddle of the goose in the bottle.

«A man puts a gosling into a bottle. Every day he fattening it trough its bottleneck, and this gosling becomes a goose. And the goose becomes as big as the bottle that holds in. How did this man get out goose without killing it and without breaking the bottle? »

« Look! » Rugit Nansen, and slammed hard his hands.

The man started: « Yes Reverant ».

« Look! The goose is out ».

Master Nansen : Nanquan Pǔyuàn, 748-835; Japanese : Nansen Fugan ; disciple and successor of Mǎzǔ Daoyi, 709 – 788; Japanese : Baso Do-ITSU.

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