This original‑text excerpt from Zhuangzi’s Qiwu Lun introduces “losing‑self” and three kinds of music. Via fables like the butterfly dream, it argues all distinctions of right‑wrong are relative and all things unite in the Dao.
This Han Feizi section stresses a state’s safety hinges on right‑wrong standards and name‑reality consistency. Citing Qi’s usurpation, it warns inverted moral order, rewarding deceit, may let weaker forces overpower mighty states.