the bird that was a fish zhuangzi meaning

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The Bird That Was a Fish. Scale changes everything. The opening theme of the Zhuangzi: the ideal state of unfettered freedom, moving through the world without attachment, dependency, or limitation. This concept opens the Zhuangzi: true freedom is not physical mobility but the absence of dependency on recognition, achievement, or any external condition.

According to the Tao Te Ching by Laozi and the Zhuangzi, the foundational texts of Taoist philosophy, The Bird That Was a Fish.

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