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Zhuangzi

Zhuangzi




AKA: Zhuang Zi and Chuang Tzu

Birthdate: c. 369 BCE.
Birthplace: Meng, Song, China
Date of Death: c. 286 BCE.

Occupation: Philosopher
Profile: Best known for Zhuangzi.

Website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhuangzi
Number of Quotes: 1




Once upon a time, I, Chuang Chou, dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was Chou. Soon I awaked, and there I was, veritably myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man. Between a man and a butterfly there is necessarily a distinction. The transition is called the transformation of material things.

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