Zhuangzi Dreaming of Being a Butterfly莊周夢蝶

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“莊周夢蝶”出自《莊子·齊物論》：“昔者莊周夢為胡蝶，栩栩然胡蝶也。”后用“莊周夢蝶”比喻人生虛幻無常。

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. 揮動(dòng)；翩翩飛舞

2） carefree adj. 無憂無慮的

3） immerse v. 使沉浸

4） ponder v. 思索

有一天晚上，莊子入睡并夢見自己化身為一只蝴蝶，翩翩飛舞在空中，享受著蝴蝶無憂無慮的生活。他完全沉浸在蝴蝶的視角中，忘卻了自己是莊子。醒來后，莊子感到困惑。他思考著：“我是莊子做夢成為蝴蝶，還是一只蝴蝶做夢成為莊子呢？”他不知道哪個(gè)才是真的。

莊子借由這一夢境提醒人們，自身與他者、夢與醒以及一切事物之間的界限與區(qū)別都是相對的，是可以破除的。事物處于轉(zhuǎn)化與流通之中，莊子稱之為“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.

莊子，名周，戰(zhàn)國時(shí)期宋國人，是道家思想的代表人物。莊子留下了一本著作，也就是《莊子》這本書。書中有內(nèi)篇7 篇，外篇15 篇，雜篇11 篇。《莊子》一書中講述了很多精彩的故事。莊子的思想大多體現(xiàn)在《莊子》這本書中。

參考答案：waking up