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Which 4th-century BCE Daoist text, the '', contains the famous passage in which the author dreams he is a butterfly and upon waking cannot tell if he is a man who dreamt he was a butterfly or a butterfly dreaming he is a man?
Answer: Zhuangzi — The butterfly dream passage in the Zhuangzi is one of the most celebrated philosophical parables in world literature, questioning the boundaries between reality and illusion, self and other, in a way that deeply influenced Chan (Zen) Buddhism.
- A Daodejing
- B Zhuangzi ✓
- C Liezi
- D Huainanzi
The butterfly dream passage in the Zhuangzi is one of the most celebrated philosophical parables in world literature, questioning the boundaries between reality and illusion, self and other, in a way that deeply influenced Chan (Zen) Buddhism.