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 excerpt from Zhuangzi‑Xiaoyaoyou uses Kun‑Peng and fable cases. It contrasts small‑great perspectives, explores spiritual freedom and “uselessness”, and advocates the ideal of the Perfect Person transcending worldly dependencies.
A frog inhabiting a crumbling well boasted to an ocean turtle: “Behold my paradise! I leap upon mossy ledges, bathe in sun-warmed waters, rest in crevices — no creature rivals my joy! Would you not enter my domain?”