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22 de may. de 2019 · Discover the Zhuangzi (Chuang-tzu) Taoist parable of the Butterfly Dream, as interpreted through an allegoric lens, representing perceptual transformation.
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.
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.
The butterfly dream story, which is probably the best-known passage in the entire writings of Zhuangzi, goes as follows: Once Zhuang Zhou dreamt he was a butterfly, a butterfly flittering and fluttering around, happy with himself and doing as he pleased. He didn't know he was Zhuang Zhou.
The Butterfly’s Dream is an articulation of Taoism’s challenge toward definitions of reality versus illusion. It is a parable of spiritual transformation that explores the nature of existence and the relationship between the self and the universe.
The butterfly dream as ‘creative dream:’ dreaming and subjectivity in Zhuangzi and María Zambrano. Gabriella Stanchina - 2018 - Asian Philosophy 28 (1):84-95. A butterfly dream in a brain in a vat.
“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.
