Zhuangzi Dreaming of Being a Butterfly庄周梦蝶

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“庄周梦蝶”出自《庄子·齐物论》：“昔者庄周梦为胡蝶，栩栩然胡蝶也。”后用“庄周梦蝶”比喻人生虚幻无常。

One night， Zhuangzi went to sleep and dreamed that he was abutterfly， 1）fluttering around and enjoying the experience of being a2）carefree butterfly. He felt completely 3）immersed in the butterflysperspective and was unaware of being Zhuangzi. Upon waking up，Zhuangzi was puzzled. He 4）pondered， “Was I Zhuangzi dreaming ofbeing a butterfly， or am I now a butterfly dreaming of being Zhuangzi？”He didnt know which one was real.

Zhuangzi used this dream to remind people that there must be arelative difference between oneself and others， between dreaming andwakefulness， and between all other things. However， these boundarieswere not absolute and could be broken. Things were in constanttransformation and circulation， which he called “the transformation ofthings”.

1） flutter v. 揮动；翩翩飞舞

2） carefree adj. 无忧无虑的

3） immerse v. 使沉浸

4） ponder v. 思索

有一天晚上，庄子入睡并梦见自己化身为一只蝴蝶，翩翩飞舞在空中，享受着蝴蝶无忧无虑的生活。他完全沉浸在蝴蝶的视角中，忘却了自己是庄子。醒来后，庄子感到困惑。他思考着：“我是庄子做梦成为蝴蝶，还是一只蝴蝶做梦成为庄子呢？”他不知道哪个才是真的。

庄子借由这一梦境提醒人们，自身与他者、梦与醒以及一切事物之间的界限与区别都是相对的，是可以破除的。事物处于转化与流通之中，庄子称之为“物化”。

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Upon________， Zhuangzi was puzzled.

Know More

Zhuangzi， whose name was Zhou， was a native of Song State during theWarring States Period. He was a representative figure of Taoism. Zhuangzi leftbehind a work， namely Zhuangzi. There were 7 inner chapters， 15 outer chaptersand 11 miscellaneous chapters in the book. Zhuangzi told us many wonderful storiesin his book. Most of his thoughts were embodied in the book Zhuangzi.

庄子，名周，战国时期宋国人，是道家思想的代表人物。庄子留下了一本著作，也就是《庄子》这本书。书中有内篇7 篇，外篇15 篇，杂篇11 篇。《庄子》一书中讲述了很多精彩的故事。庄子的思想大多体现在《庄子》这本书中。

参考答案：waking up