English Original
Zhuang Zhou once had a dream in which he turned into a butterfly. He flew through the air, feeling like a truly free and spirited creature.
In the dream, he was delighted and exhilarated, unaware that this butterfly was merely a figment of his dream. After a while, he awoke to find himself as Zhuang Zhou once more, not a butterfly. He was astonished and could not tell whether he had dreamed of becoming a butterfly, or a butterfly was now dreaming of being him.
中文翻译
庄周曾经做了一个梦，梦见自己变成了一只蝴蝶。他在空中飞舞，感觉自己就是一只真正自由、活泼的生灵。
梦中，他感到非常愉悦和振奋，丝毫没有察觉这只蝴蝶只是他梦中的幻象。过了一会儿，他醒了过来，发现自己仍是庄周，并非蝴蝶。他感到十分惊奇，无法分辨究竟是自己在梦中化为了蝴蝶，还是一只蝴蝶此刻正梦见了自己。