Zhuangzi

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  1. 1
    An influential Chinese philosopher who lived around the 4th century BCE during the Warring States Period.
  2. 2
    An ancient Chinese collection of anecdotes and fables, one of the foundational texts of Taoism, traditionally attributed to the philosopher.

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"Once, Zhuangzi dreamed he was a butterfly, but when he woke up, he wasn't sure whether he was Zhuangzi who had dreamed being a butterfly or if he was a butterfly now dreaming he was Zhuangzi."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 莊子 /庄子 (Zhuāngzǐ).

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