Book Discourse on Chuang Tzu:
Wandering In A Fenced Park of Tiao-ling
Excerpt from book Discourse On Chuang Tzu
Chuang Chou was wandering in a fenced park of Tiao-ling when he noticed a peculiar kind of magpie that came flying along from the south. Its wingspan was seven feet and its eyes were one inch in diameter. It brushed against Chuang Chou’s forehead and then alighted in a grove of chestnut trees. “What kind of bird is that?” exclaimed Chuang Chou. “Its wings are enormous but does not carry it anywhere; its eyes are huge but unseeing!” Then Chuang Chou hitched up his robe, strode forward, cocked his crossbow and prepared to take aim. As he did so, he spied a cicada that had found a lovely spot of shade and had forgotten all about the possibility of danger to its body. Behind it, a praying mantis, stretching forth its claws behind the coverture of leaves, prepared to snatch the cicada, and it too had forgotten about its own form as it eyed its prize. The peculiar magpie was close behind, ready to make off with the praying mantis, forgetting its own true self as it fixed its eyes on the prospect of gain. Chuang Chou, shuddering at the sight, said, “Ah! — these are the cascade of things which naturally endanger each other — one bringing down something upon another!” He threw down his crossbow, turned about, and hurried out of the fenced park, when the park keeper — taking him for a poacher — chased after him with shouts of accusation.
庄周游于雕陵之樊，一异鹊自南方来者，翼广七尺，目大运寸，感周之颡而集于栗林。庄周曰：“此何鸟哉，翼殷不逝，目大不？”蹇裳躩步，执弹而留之。一蝉，方得美荫而忘其身，螳蜋执翳而搏之，见得而忘其形；异鹊从而利之，见利而忘其真。庄周怵然曰：“噫！物固相累，二类相召也！”捐弹而反走，虞人逐而谇之。
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