Zhuangzi: Autumn Floods - Zhuangzi

476–221 BC

“Travelling with Huizi over a bridge on the Hao River, Zhuangzi said, ‘The fish is swimming at ease. This is how the fish enjoy themselves.’

Huizi said, ‘You are not a fish. How do you know the fish are enjoying themselves?’

Zhuangzi said, ‘You are not me. How do you know I don’t know about the fish?’”

Zhuangzi, Page 284, Autumn Flood, Zhuangzi, 3rd century BC, In: Zhuangzi I, Translated into English by Wang Rongpei, 1999, Hunan People’s Publishing House