Čuang-c' citáty
Čuang-c'
Datum narození: 369 př. n. l.
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Další jména:Dschuang Dsi
„Mistr Čuang“. Patří společně s Lao-c'em k nejvýznamnějším představitelům filosofického taoismu. Žil ve státě Sung (dnešní provincie Che-nan) na přelomu čtvrtého a třetího století př. n. l. v období válčících států a tzv. sta filosofických škol.
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„Dokonalý člověk užívá svého srdce jako zrcadla. Nejde za věcmi, ani jim nejde vstříc: zrcadlí je, ale nepodržuje jich. Proto může překonat svět a zůstat nezraněn. Není otrokem své slávy, nemá pánů, nežene se za činností, nežene se za pozváním. Všímá si i toho nejmenšího, a přece je nevyčerpatelný, neboť je nad svým já.“
— Čuang-c'
„Zdálo se Čuangovi, že je motýl, jenž poletuje kolem, motýl se cítil motýlem, nic mu nechybělo, nevěděl, že je Čuang. Náhle se probudil a ustrnul, je Čuang! A teď neví, zdálo se Čuangovi, že je motýl, nebo se zdá nyní motýlu, že je Čuang? Čuang nebo motýl, přece tu musí být nějaký rozdíl! A tomu se říká proměnlivost věcí!“
— Čuang-c'
Z knihy Mistr Zhuang: Sebrané spisy
„Kromě toho jsem slyšel, že ti, kteří mají rádi chválit muže, aby jim čelili, jsou také rádi, že je zatracují za zády.“
— Čuang-c'
„If a man, having lashed two hulls together, is crossing a river, and an empty boat happens along and bumps into him, no matter how hot-tempered the man may be, he will not get angry. But if there should be someone in the other boat, then he will shout out to haul this way or veer that. If his first shout is unheeded, he will shout again, and if that is not heard, he will shout a third time, this time with a torrent of curses following. In the first instance, he wasn't angry; now in the second he is. Earlier he faced emptiness, now he faces occupancy. If a man could succeed in making himself empty, and in that way wander through the world, then who could do him harm?“
— Zhuangzi
„Words are for meaning: when you've got the meaning, you can forget the words.“
— Zhuangzi
Context: A trap is for fish: when you've got the fish, you can forget the trap. A snare is for rabbits: when you've got the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words are for meaning: when you've got the meaning, you can forget the words. Where can I find someone who's forgotten words so I can have a word with him?...
Variant: "Where can I find a man who has forgotten words? He is the one I would like to talk to."
„Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man.“
— Zhuangzi
Context: Once upon a time, I, Chuang Chou, dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was Chou. Soon I awaked, and there I was, veritably myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man. Between a man and a butterfly there is necessarily a distinction. The transition is called the transformation of material things.
As translated by Lin Yutang
Alternative translations
Once upon a time, I, Chuang Chou, dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, a veritable butterfly, enjoying itself to the full of its bent, and not knowing it was Chuang Chou. Suddenly I awoke, and came to myself, the veritable Chuang Chou. Now I do not know whether it was then I dreamt I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man. Between me and the butterfly there must be a difference. This is an instance of transformation.
As translated by James Legge, and quoted in The Three Religions of China: Lectures Delivered at Oxford (1913) by William Edward Soothill, p. 75
Once Zhuang Zhou dreamed he was a butterfly, a fluttering butterfly. What fun he had, doing as he pleased! He did not know he was Zhou. Suddenly he woke up and found himself to be Zhou. He did not know whether Zhou had dreamed he was a butterfly or a butterfly had dreamed he was Zhou. Between Zhou and the butterfly there must be some distinction. This is what is meant by the transformation of things.
One night, Zhuangzi dreamed of being a butterfly — a happy butterfly, showing off and doing things as he pleased, unaware of being Zhuangzi. Suddenly he awoke, drowsily, Zhuangzi again. And he could not tell whether it was Zhuangzi who had dreamt the butterfly or the butterfly dreaming Zhuangzi. But there must be some difference between them! This is called 'the transformation of things'.
Once upon a time, Chuang Chou dreamed that he was a butterfly, a butterfly flitting about happily enjoying himself. He didn’t know that he was Chou. Suddenly he awoke and was palpably Chou. He didn’t know whether he were Chou who had dreamed of being a butterfly, or a butterfly who was dreaming that he was Chou.
„Whether you point to a little stalk or a great pillar, a leper or the beautiful Hsi-shih, things ribald and shady or things grotesque and strange, the Way makes them all into one.“
— Zhuangzi
Context: Whether you point to a little stalk or a great pillar, a leper or the beautiful Hsi-shih, things ribald and shady or things grotesque and strange, the Way makes them all into one. Their dividedness is their completeness; their completeness is their impairment. No thing is either complete or impaired, but all are made into one again. Only the man of far-reaching vision knows how to make them into one. So he has no use [for categories], but relegates all to the constant. The constant is the useful; the useful is the passable; the passable is the successful; and with success, all is accomplished. He relies upon this alone, relies upon it and does not know he is doing so. This is called the Way.
Ch. 2 (tr. Burton Watson, 1964, p. 41)
