The most famous lines of the Zhuangzi
The top 3 according to 0 votes from people: Once Zhuang Zhou dreamt he was a butterfly, fluttering happily about. · In the northern darkness there is a fish, and its name is Kun. · My life has a limit, but knowledge has none.. (Updated Aug 12, 2021.)
From 'In the northern darkness there is a fish' to the butterfly dream: the best-known lines of the Zhuangzi, with the chapter each comes from.
Automatically translated (original in 繁體中文). See the original
Top 12
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Once Zhuang Zhou dreamt he was a butterfly, fluttering happily about.
'Discussion on Making All Things Equal', the butterfly dream.
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In the northern darkness there is a fish, and its name is Kun.
The opening of 'Free and Easy Wandering'.
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My life has a limit, but knowledge has none.
'The Secret of Caring for Life'.
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You are not a fish; how do you know what fish enjoy?
'Autumn Floods', the debate on the bridge over the Hao.
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5
Moistening each other with spit is not as good as forgetting each other in the rivers and lakes.
'The Great and Venerable Teacher'.
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You cannot talk about the sea to a frog in a well; it is confined to its hole.
'Autumn Floods'.
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The friendship of the noble is plain as water; that of petty people is sweet as wine.
'The Mountain Tree'.
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Everyone knows the usefulness of the useful, but no one knows the usefulness of the useless.
'In the World of Men'.
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The morning mushroom knows nothing of the month; the summer cicada knows nothing of spring and autumn.
'Free and Easy Wandering'.
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10
There is no grief greater than the death of the heart; the death of the body comes second.
'Tian Zifang'.
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Human life between heaven and earth is like a white colt glimpsed through a crack: gone in an instant.
'Knowledge Wandered North'.
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12
There is plenty of room for the blade to play about.
'The Secret of Caring for Life', Cook Ding cutting up an ox.
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