Excerpt from book Discourse On Chuang Tzu
Chuang Tzu and Hui Tzu were strolling across the bridge on the River Hao. “See how the minnows shoot out, and dart about wherever they like!” observed Chuang Tzu. “That is the joy of being a fish!”
“You’re not a fish,” said Hui Tzu, “so what can you possibly know about the joys of being a fish?”
“You are not me,” said Chuang Tzu, “so how can you know what I do or do not know about the joys of being a fish?”
“I’m not you,” said Hui Tzu, “so it is true that I don’t fully know you. But you are not a fish, so it also goes without saying that you most certainly don’t know about the joys of being a fish!”
“Let’s go back to where we started,” said Chuang Tzu. “When you asked, ‘what can you possibly know about the joys of being a fish’ you already knew that I knew about it. I know it by strolling over the River Hao!”
庄子与惠子游于濠梁之上。庄子曰：“儵鱼出游从容，是鱼之乐也。”惠子曰∶“子非鱼，安知鱼之乐？”庄子曰：“子非我，安知我不知鱼之乐？”惠子曰“我非子，固不知子矣；子固非鱼也，子之不知鱼之乐，全矣！”庄子曰：“请循其本。子曰‘汝安知鱼乐’云者，既已知吾知之而问我；我知之濠上也。”
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