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‘The Butterfly’s Dream’ by Hannah F. Gould is a poem about a haughty butterfly and how it meets with a tragic event after waking up from its daydream. In this poem, the poet talks about a butterfly that takes a nap on a tulip.
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“The Butterfly Dream” is the most famous story in the Zhuangzi (c. 3rd century bce), one of two foundational texts of Daoism, along with the Daodejing: “Once Zhuang Zhou dreamed he was a butterfly, a butterfly flitting and fluttering around, happy with himself and doing as he pleased.
May 22, 2019 · Discover the Zhuangzi (Chuang-tzu) Taoist parable of the Butterfly Dream, as interpreted through an allegoric lens, representing perceptual transformation.
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The Butterfly Dream is a significant allegory in Taoist philosophy and has been used to illustrate the concept of Wu Wei, which translates to “non-action” or “effortless action.” The story emphasizes the importance of letting go of one’s ego and allowing things to unfold naturally.
The wonderful dream to expound; The lightning’s bright flash from the thunder-cloud broke, And hail-stones were rattling around. He’d slumbered so long, that now, over his head, The tempest’s artillery rolled; The tulip was shattered – the whirl-blast had fled, And borne off its crimson and gold.
Zhuangzi Dreaming of a Butterfly, by 18th-century Japanese painter Ike no Taiga. The most famous of all Zhuangzi stories appears at the end of the second chapter, "On the Equality of Things", and consists of a dream being briefly recalled.
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by Jingjing Chen. IN ZHUANGZI 莊子, an ancient Chinese text written by Daoist philosopher Zhuangzi during the late Warring States period (476–221 BCE), a story tells that Zhuang Zhou once dreamed he was a butterfly, flitting and fluttering around, happy, and doing as he pleased.