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5. Once upon a time, Chuang Chou dreamed that he was a butterfly, a butterfly flitting about happily

Sat Apr 11, 2015, 02:16 PM

Apr 2015

Once upon a time, Chuang Chou dreamed that he was a butterfly, a butterfly flitting about happily enjoying himself. He didn’t know that he was Chou. Suddenly he awoke and was palpably Chou. He didn’t know whether he were Chou who had dreamed of being a butterfly, or a butterfly who was dreaming that he was Chou. Chuang Chou c 369 bc - c 286 bc

(His name is also transliterated as Zhuang Zi, Zhuang Zhou, Chuang Tzu, Chuang Tse)

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Once upon a time, Chuang Chou dreamed that he was a butterfly, a butterfly flitting about happily Tierra_y_Libertad Apr 2015 #5

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