I repost my comment on Richard Shoup's great essay here
Dear Richard,
Xuan Yuan about 4712 years ago already stated in The Four Canons, 11 explains how things come into beings, from the "Void" without distinction: "All things had been one whole before the Heaven and Earth split... with no distinction of day and night, Yin and Yang. Since Yin and Yang were not separated yet, it was not possible to name anything. Now that one is divided into two: Yin and Yang, and the four seasons distinguished... become the norm. The enlightened take it as the Dao, which is profound and subtle, and follow it in whatever they do. Following the Dao is the same as handling the relationship between the female and the male. When there is attraction between the two, then follows the union of the assertive and the receptive. They complement each other and give birth to new forms."
Here another quotation from Zhuangzi Derived his thought from Xuan Yuan more than 2000 years before him that describes how a difference causes Existence, here is the quotation for your review: "Heaven, Earth, and I were produced together, and all things and I are one. Since they are one, can there be speech about them? But since they are spoken of as one, must there not be room for speech? One and Speech are two; two and one are three. Going on from this (in our enumeration), the most skillful reckoner cannot reach (the end of the necessary numbers), and how much less can ordinary people do so! Therefore from non-existence we proceed to existence till we arrive at three; proceeding from existence to existence, to how many should we reach? Let us abjure such procedure, and simply rest here." See Legge, James. trans. Zhuangzi, "The Adjustment of Controversies"; See also Watson, Burton. trans. Zhuangzi: Basic Writing, "All things equal."
Yes, something more fundamental is change/difference itself as the source of Existence. However, they did not have the latest knowledge that we have, they had no theory with equations and numbers derived from those equations. KQID fixed these problems and stated that Existence has one Source Qbit(00, , -), one Principle Giving first Taking later; one theory bit is it; one Zeroth equation with one normalized number "1"; and one quantum entangled Existence.
Thank you for your great contribution, I hope I can add mine.
Truly yours,
Leo KoGuan