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Aha. Thanks for the explanation.
BTW I'm from one of your neighboring countries.
From which direction?
If I need to guess,
I think India is the most possible one because they have most of people.
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Hey and what does "曳尾于涂" mean?
There is a story in an ancient book.
A
It is said, "I will keep on drawing my tail after me through the mud."
曳 wag/drag
尾 tail
于 "in/at"
涂 in ancient Chinese, it means "mud, road, earth"
It is basically like
A: "if you want to be a royal corpse"
B: "No, I better be dirty and alive."
https://ctext.org/zhuangzi/floods-of-autumn/ens?searchu=%E6%9B%B3%E5%B0%BE%E4%BA%8E%E6%B6%82
sure. Acer is good for me.
I used to be a fan of Zhuangzi when I was a child.
I might be influenced a lot in my lifestyle, but I cannot remember most of his work now.
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Once Zhuangzi dreamt he was a butterfly, a butterfly flitting gaily about. He knew nothing about Zhuangzi. Then suddenly he awoke and he was at once solidly and unmistakably himself, Zhuangzi. But he didn’t know whether he was a man who dreamt he was a butterfly or was a butterfly dreaming he was a man. Surely there’s a difference between Zhuangzi and a butterfly.
Yes. I knew the story.
Matrix I, II, III make me understand it better.
@Acer 莊子與惠子遊於濠梁之上。莊子曰：儵魚出遊從容，是魚樂也。
惠子曰：子非魚，安知魚之樂。莊子曰：子非我，安知我不知魚之樂。
惠子曰：我非子，固不知子矣；子固非魚也，子之不知魚之樂全矣。
莊子曰：請循其本。子曰汝安知魚樂云者，既已知吾知之而問我，我知之濠上也。
I hope Wiki guys got the Chinese correct on this one 😉
This one is in traditional Chinese. Basically, it means whether people/animals/fish can understand each other and feel as each other feels or not.
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Yes. I loved this one. But I guess I loved the butterfly dream story even more.
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This is a beautiful quote Acer. Can I call you Acer?
I am a sort of a fan of Zhuangzi.