Let's go back to the beginning. When you asked 'How do you know the happiness of fish?' you already knew that I knew it when you asked the question. I knew it by standing here on the Hao River.
Daoist philosopher
Let's go back to the beginning. When you asked 'How do you know the happiness of fish?' you already knew that I knew it when you asked the question. I knew it by standing here on the Hao River.
Daoist philosopher
Dialogue with Huizi on the Hao River, Zhuangzi (Chapter 17)
4th Century BCE
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