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«"Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness."»
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A self-help line attributed to Zhuangzi. It distantly echoes chapter 18 (an outer chapter, not his work), which says 至樂無樂, "supreme happiness is having no happiness" or "not seeking it"; the popular wording is not a translation.
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«The universe and I came into being together; and I, and everything therein, are One.»
Zhuangzi, cap. 2 «Qiwu lun» (trad. inglesa de Giles, 1889; la española es propia, del chino)
«Once upon a time, I, Chuang Tzŭ, dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of following my fancies as a butterfly, and was unconscious of my individuality as a man. Suddenly, I awaked, and there I lay, myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man. Between a man and a butterfly there is necessarily a barrier. The transition is called Metempsychosis.»
Zhuangzi, cap. 2 «Qiwu lun», final (Giles traduce wuhua como «metempsicosis»; hoy se prefiere «transformación de las cosas»)
«My life has a limit, but my knowledge is without limit. To drive the limited in search of the limitless, is fatal.»
Zhuangzi, cap. 3 «Yangsheng zhu», inicio