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Zhuangzi

“Once Zhuang Zhou dreamed he was a butterfly. A butterfly fluttering happily around— was he revealing what he himself meant to be? He knew nothing of Zhou. All at once awakening, there suddenly he was — Zhou. But he didn't know if he was Zhou having dreamed he was a butterfly or a butterfly dreaming he was Zhou. Between Zhou and the butterfly there must surely be some distinction. This is known at the transformation of things.”

Zhuangzi, Chuang-Tzu: The Inner Chapters
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Chuang-Tzu: The Inner Chapters (Hackett Classics) Chuang-Tzu: The Inner Chapters by Zhuangzi
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