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Zhuang Zi

Quotations sourced to the book known as Zhuangzi:

— Zhuang Zi book

Once upon a , I, Chuang Chou, dreamt I was a , fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of myas a butterfly, unaware that I was Chou. Soon I awaked, and there I was, veritably myself again. Now I do notwhether I was then adreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man. Between a man and a butterfly there isa distinction. The transition is called theof material things.

— Zhuang Zi war

After ten thousand generations there may be a greatwho will be able to explain it, a trivial interval equivalent to the passage fromto ...

— Zhuang Zi age

is not right; so is not so. If right were really right it would differ so clearly from not right that there would be no need for argument. If so were really so, it would differ so clearly from not so that there would be no need for argument.

— Zhuang Zi men

Forget the years, forget distinctions. Leap intoand make it your home!

— Zhuang Zi home

He whoseis thus grandly fixed emits a Heavenly light. In him who emits this heavenlymen see the (True) man. When ahas cultivated himself (up to this point), thenceforth he remains constant in himself. When he is thus constant in himself, (what is merely) theelement will leave him, but Heaven will help him. Those whom their human element has left we call the people of Heaven. Those whom Heaven helps we call the Sons of Heaven. Those who would by learning attain to this seek for what they cannot learn. Those who would by effort attain to this, attempt what effort can never effect. Those who aim by reasoning to reach it reason where reasoning has no place. To know to stop where they cannot arrive by means of knowledge is the highest attainment. Those who cannot do this will be destroyed on the lathe of Heaven.

— Zhuang Zi knowledge

A trap is for : when you've got the fish, you can forget the trap. A snare is for rabbits: when you've got the rabbit, you can forget the snare.are for : when you've got the meaning, you can forget the words. Where can I find someone who's forgotten words so I can have a word with him?...

— Zhuang Zi words

XXVI External Things

Ain a well cannot conceive of the . Of a person who has limited life experience and hence ; see . From .

— Zhuang Zi life

The wise man looks intoand does not regard the small as too little, nor theas too big, for he knows that, there is no limit to dimensions. From .

— Zhuang Zi men

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