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Confucius’s Dream of an Eggshell

NMH 13-12-2025 Created by ChatGPT Early in the morning, Zhuangzi notices Kingfisher by the pond. At times, it joyfully plunges into the water and flies back up, carefree and refreshed. Yet after a while, it grows pensive, its demeanor turning quietly somber. Zhuangzi walks to the pond’s edge, near the branch Kingfisher has chosen to perch on, and waves his hand. When Kingfisher flies over, Zhuangzi asks: — Your spirit seems unsettled and erratic—are you perhaps caught in a dr

Dec 133 min read

Legacy

NMH 04-12-2025 Created by ChatGPT Early in the morning, seeing Kingfisher frozen in place, staring intently at the water’s surface, Zhuangzi calls out: – Why are you lost in such vague thoughts that you’ve forgotten to catch fish, Kingfisher? Noticing Zhuangzi, Kingfisher brightens and swoops down. After a moment of contemplation, he says: – Catching fish may help with cultivation, but it leaves behind no legacy. It’s dull and trivial. Please teach me how to live in a way tha

Dec 42 min read

0 and 1

NMH 01-12-2025 Created by ChatGPT As Zhuangzi strolls along the riverbank, watching the fish joyfully dart through the water, he notices Kingfisher perch gloomily on a willow branch and asks: — I see the river full of fish—each one plump and lively. Why, then, are you so downcast? Kingfisher sighs: — Ever since you helped me witness the light of the Dao through The Six Persimmons painting, I have been delighted and pondered even more deeply. Yet the deeper I think, the more

Dec 12 min read

Kingfisher and Value

La Viet Phuong 25-11-2025 Created by ChatGPT One breezy afternoon, Zhuangzi and Kingfisher sit by the pond, enjoying tea while watching the gentle ripples spread across the water’s surface. After a while, Kingfisher asks: — Master, in this world, what is ultimately the most valuable thing? Zhuangzi takes a slow sip of tea, smiles, and replies: — There is no such thing as "the most valuable.” Anything can be precious, and anything can become worthless. Kingfisher frowns: — How

Nov 253 min read

The Mystical Guava Tree

NMH 19-10-2025 Created by ChatGPT An old gardener near Bird Village reveres Laozi and loves Zhuangzi. He chooses to cultivate the Dao through gardening. Eventually, he discovers a mystical guava tree, said to bear fruit so fragrant that its scent reaches the summit of Mount Hua. If the tree ever bears fruit, he plans to offer it to the celestial sages. Unfortunately, three years have passed, yet the tree has not even blossomed. One day, seeing the gardener disheartened, King

Oct 192 min read