And he could not tell whether it was Zhuangzi who had dreamt the butterfly or the butterfly dreaming Zhuangzi.

Suddenly he awoke, drowsily, Zhuangzi again.

One night, Zhuangzi dreamed of being a butterfly - a happy butterfly, showing off and doing things as he pleased, unaware of being Zhuangzi.

This is what is meant by the transformation of things. Between Zhou and the butterfly there must be some distinction. He did not know whether Zhou had dreamed he was a butterfly or a butterfly had dreamed he was Zhou. Suddenly he woke up and found himself to be Zhou.

What fun he had, doing as he pleased! He did not know he was Zhou. Once Zhuang Zhou dreamed he was a butterfly, a fluttering butterfly.As translated by James Legge, and quoted in The Three Religions of China: Lectures Delivered at Oxford (1913) by William Edward Soothill, p.Between me and the butterfly there must be a difference. Now I do not know whether it was then I dreamt I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man. Suddenly I awoke, and came to myself, the veritable Chuang Chou. Once upon a time, I, Chuang Chou, dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, a veritable butterfly, enjoying itself to the full of its bent, and not knowing it was Chuang Chou.The transition is called the transformation of material things. Between a man and a butterfly there is necessarily a distinction. 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. Soon I awaked, and there I was, veritably myself again. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was Chou. Once upon a time, I, Chuang Chou, dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly.Quotations sourced to the book known as Zhuangzi: After ten thousand generations there may be a great sage who will be able to explain it, a trivial interval equivalent to the passage from morning to night. Zhuangzi 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.

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