The inability to fully grasp the nature of reality caused one thinker who believed in this religion to ponder whether he was himself or a butterfly.
One thinker who wrote about the principles of this religion supposedly explained to a king the meaning of the sword of a commoner, the sword of a feudal lord and the sword of an emperor, thus causing every swordsman to commit suicide in that kingdom. That thinker illustrated the principles of this religion by engaging in a debate with a man about what makes a fish happy. One story states that the founder of this religion stayed in his mother's womb for 81 years and was born with white hair. That man wrote its main text after a gatekeeper asked him to list 5,000 sayings that summarize his teachings. The inability to fully grasp the nature of reality caused one thinker who believed in this religion to ponder whether he was himself or a butterfly. For 10 points, Zhuāngzǐ and Lǎozǐ were thinkers associated with what Chinese religion?
One thinker who wrote about the principles of this religion supposedly explained to a king the meaning of the sword of a commoner, the sword of a feudal lord and the sword of an emperor, thus causing every swordsman to commit suicide in that kingdom.
Taoism [or DÃ o jiÃ o]