Zhuangzi · 秋水第十七
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子非魚，安知魚之樂？
You are not a fish; how do you know the fish's enjoyment?
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安知魚之樂？」
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Huizi challenges Zhuangzi.
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Argument contrastWho has access to what is known?Sunzi specifies human sources acquainted with an enemy’s situation; Huizi challenges Zhuangzi’s claim to know a fish’s enjoyment. Both raise access to knowledge, but testimony in military planning and a philosophical dialogue must not be collapsed into the same evidential test.
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莊子 · 秋水第十七知魚之樂莊子曰：「子非我，安知我不知魚之樂？」
莊子 · 秋水第十七知魚之樂非子，固不知子矣；子固非魚也，子之不知魚之樂，全矣。」
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論語 · Track speakers and addressees吾日三省吾身論語 · Connect a modifier to a head禮之用，和為貴論語 · Locate the unknown其斯之謂與論語 · Locate the unknown不敬，何以別乎Edition, source, and reuse
- Work
- 莊子 · Zhuangzi
- Attribution
- Traditionally associated with Zhuang Zhou; the received collection includes multiple voices and layers.
- Digital witness
- Kanseki Repository · KR5c0126 · base edition CHANT
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- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
- Source position
- KR5c0126_017.txt, lines 747–749. ZHUANG 17.7.2 Guo Qingfan 606; Wang Shumin 636; Fang Yong 458; Chen Guying 443
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