Let's go back to the beginning. When you asked 'How do you know the happiness of fish?' you already knew that I knew it when you asked the question. I knew it by standing here on the Hao River.
Daoist philosopher
Dialogue with Huizi on the Hao River, Zhuangzi (Chapter 17)
4th Century BCE
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