One recurring theme in this man's stories is exemplified by a cicada and a wren who dismiss tales of birds flying hundreds of miles as impossible because they can barely reach a nearby tree. In one story, this man compared himself to a "holy tortoise" who would rather "drag its tail in the mud" than be dead and have its bones venerated, thus reject
One recurring theme in this man's stories is exemplified by a cicada and a wren who dismiss tales of birds flying hundreds of miles as impossible because they can barely reach a nearby tree. In one story, this man compared himself to a "holy tortoise" who would rather "drag its tail in the mud" than be dead and have its bones venerated, thus rejecting a position in the Kingdom of Wei. He claimed to know for a fact that darting around gives minnows pleasure while crossing a bridge with Huishi, and a god of rivers realizes that the ocean is infinite in the famous "Autumn floods" section of the work named for this man. Tales of a hunchback who catches cicadas and a bellstand carver who fasts are amongst the illustrations of this man's concept of "flowing cognition" or "yan-shi." For 10 points, name this Chinese philosopher best known for his "butterfly dream."
One recurring theme in this man's stories is exemplified by a cicada and a wren who dismiss tales of birds flying hundreds of miles as impossible because they can barely reach a nearby tree.
{Zhuangzhi} or {Chuang Tzu}