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Ideas of Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu), by Text
[Chinese, 369 - 286 BCE, Born at Meng, in China. A minor court official.]
329BCE
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The Book of Chuang Tzu
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02
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p.144
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23403
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You know you were dreaming when you wake, but there might then be a greater awakening from that
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26
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p.154
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23404
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Words are for meaning, and once you have that you can forget the words
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Ch.1
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p.3
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7277
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The perfect man has no self
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Ch.2
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p.9
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7278
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Words of wisdom are precise and clear
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Ch.2
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p.12
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7279
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If words can't be defined, they may just be the chirruping of chicks
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Ch.2
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p.15
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7280
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As all life is one, what need is there for words?
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Ch.2
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p.15
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7281
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Don't even start, let's just stay put
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Ch.2
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p.16
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7282
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Disagreement means you do not understand at all
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Ch.2
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p.16
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7283
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Great courage is not violent
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Ch.2
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p.19
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7284
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If you beat me in argument, does that mean you are right?
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Ch.2
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p.20
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7285
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Did Chuang Tzu dream he was a butterfly, or a butterfly dream he was Chuang Tzu?
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Ch.6
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p.52
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7286
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To see with true clarity, your self must be irrelevant
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Ch.6
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p.56
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7288
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Go with the flow, and be one with the void of Heaven
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Ch.6
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p.56
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7287
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Fish forget about each other in the pond and forget each other in the Tao
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Ch.7
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p.64
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7289
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Do not try to do things, or to master knowledge; just be empty
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