Zhuangzi and the Butterfly (story)
GPTKB entity
Statements (19)
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
philosophical story
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| gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
gptkb:Zhuangzi's_butterfly_dream
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| gptkbp:date |
4th century BCE
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| gptkbp:foundIn |
gptkb:Zhuangzi_(book)
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Zhuangzi and the Butterfly (story)
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| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Buddhism
gptkb:literature |
| gptkbp:languageOfOrigin |
gptkb:Classical_Chinese
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| gptkbp:notableQuote |
But he did not know if he was Zhuang Zhou who had dreamt he was a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming he was Zhuang Zhou.
He did not know he was Zhuang Zhou. Suddenly he woke up and there he was, solid and unmistakable Zhuang Zhou. Once Zhuang Zhou dreamed he was a butterfly, a butterfly flitting and fluttering around, happy with himself and doing as he pleased. |
| gptkbp:originatedIn |
gptkb:Zhuangzi
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| gptkbp:philosophicalTradition |
gptkb:Daoism
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| gptkbp:plotSummary |
Zhuangzi dreams he is a butterfly, then wonders if he is a man who dreamed of being a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming he is a man.
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| gptkbp:theme |
gptkb:identity
gptkb:transformation dream and reality |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Zhuangzi
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
4
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