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Zhuangzi: The Butterfly Dream

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<Based on the story in Zhuangzi's “Discussion on Making All Things Equal,” where Zhuangzi becomes a butterfly in a dream and can no longer distinguish whether he is the butterfly or the butterfly is him> A metaphor for a state of oneness of self and things in which they cannot be distinguished, or inability to distinguish reality from dreams.

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The text explains Zhuangzi’s story questioning self, other, dreams and reality.

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