One of his anecdotes, in lighter vein, follows.
THE PLEASURE OF FISHES—ANECDOTE
Chwang Tze and a friend had strolled on to a bridge over the Hao, when the former observed, “Look how the minnows are darting about! That is the pleasure of fishes.”
“Not being a fish yourself,” objected the friend, “how can you possibly know in what the pleasure of fishes consists?”
“And you not being I,” retorted Chwang Tze, “how can you know that I do not know?”
To which the friend replied, “If I, not being you, cannot know what you know, it follows that you, not being a fish, cannot know in what the pleasure of fishes consists.”
“Let us go back,” rejoined Chwang Tze, “to your original question. You ask me how I know in what the pleasure of fishes consists. Well, I know that I am enjoying myself over the Hao, and from this I infer that the fishes are enjoying themselves in it.”—Autumn Floods.
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The eagle is king of the birds; among fishes