Care that binds and a condition beyond dependence
Sunzi’s parental comparison explains loyalty in dangerous action. Zhuangzi’s stranded fish make emergency mutual aid less desirable than a sustaining habitat. The juxtaposition asks what circumstances make care necessary, without reducing either excerpt to a universal rule for relationships.
視卒如嬰兒，故可與之赴深谿Care appears in a claim about troops’ attachment.
tls · CC BY-SA 4.0 · KR3b0003_011.txt, lines 129–143相濡以沫，不如相忘於江湖Emergency aid is contrasted with a different sustaining condition.
CHANT · CC BY-SA 4.0 · KR5c0126_006.txt, lines 201–208Make the comparison explicit
Sunzi’s parental comparison explains loyalty in dangerous action. Zhuangzi’s stranded fish make emergency mutual aid less desirable than a sustaining habitat. The juxtaposition asks what circumstances make care necessary, without reducing either excerpt to a universal rule for relationships.
孫子: Care appears in a claim about troops’ attachment.
莊子: Emergency aid is contrasted with a different sustaining condition.
Why is it misleading to summarize the Zhuangzi line simply as do not help others?
Its comparison concerns stranded fish versus life in rivers and lakes, not an isolated ban on assistance.
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