Using words to investigate words
Compare the formula about naming with the trap analogy and its final wish for conversation. No direct borrowing is asserted.
名可名，非恒名Repeated 名 creates a problem of role and limitation.
tls · CC BY-SA 4.0 · KR5c0057_001.txt, lines 14–25吾安得夫忘言之人而與之言哉The wish to speak complicates a blanket rejection of words.
CHANT · CC BY-SA 4.0 · KR5c0126_026.txt, lines 434–441Make the comparison explicit
Compare the formula about naming with the trap analogy and its final wish for conversation. No direct borrowing is asserted.
老子: Repeated 名 creates a problem of role and limitation.
莊子: The wish to speak complicates a blanket rejection of words.
Why is the final question in the trap-and-fish passage important?
It still seeks a conversation. That complicates a simple reading in which the passage rejects every use of language.
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