Joy, anger, sorrow, delight, forethought, regret, inconstancy, compliance, pride, greed, indulgence, willfulness, flattery, insolence — these are like the musical chords from an empty hollow, or mushrooms in damp places. They keep alternating and changing, day and night, but no one knows what they spring from. Let it be! Let it be! How can we find the source of their beginning?
— Zhuangzi Ancient

Daoist philosopher

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Zhuangzi, Chapter 2, 'On the Equality of Things'

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c. 4th century BCE

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Strange & Unusual

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https://terebess.hu/english/Zhuangzi-BurtonWatson.pdf

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