Lao Tzu and Chuang Tzu also pointed to this state in their unique ways.

老子和庄子也以他们方式指出了这种状态。

The Chinese Taoist sage Zhuangzi wrote a celebrated fable about a man who couldn't be sure whether he was a man dreaming of being a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming of being a man.

中国道教圣人庄子曾著有一篇著名寓言（《庄周梦蝶》），关于无法确定自己作为一个人梦想成为蝴蝶，还是蝴蝶梦想成为人。

As Zhuangzi stated back then, people seek things the world values and avoid what it condemns. And if they're deprived of what they seek, they experience panic and despair.

正如庄子当时所说，人们寻求世人看重东西，避免世人谴责东西。如他们被剥夺了所寻求东西，他们就会感到恐慌和绝望。

There was not a man on the place unless Sally's little boy, Joe, hardly out of diapers, could be counted as a man.

庄子里已没有男人，只有萨莉小男孩乔，可他扔掉尿布还不能算个男人呢。

Like the fishes in Zhuangzi's story, people helped and relied on each other and were involved in each other's lives.

就像庄子故事中鱼一样，人们互相帮助和依赖，参与彼此生活。

Despite those challenges, Chung says he never worried about the future, adding that he firmly believes more opportunities will come.

庄子豪说，尽管面临这些挑战，但他从不担心未来，而且他坚信未来会有更多机会。

The story in the Taoist scripture Zhuangzi about the nervous archer who shot perfectly during practice but couldn't perform during a tournament when competing for a prize shows how caring too much about the result works against us.

道教经典《庄子》中有一个故事，讲是一位紧张弓箭手，他在练习时射得很好，但在争夺奖品比赛中却表现不佳，这个故事表明，过于关对我们不利。

Taoist philosopher Zhuangzi saw that the ability to forget each other is better than to be clamped together out of necessity.

道家哲学家庄子看到，相濡以沫不如相忘于江湖。

Standing on tiptoes occurs if we try to extend our control over things we cannot control, so argued Zhuangzi.

庄子认为，如我们试图扩大对我们无法控制事情控制，这就是踮起脚尖。

Chung says the leisure facility offers a superb recreational space for people to relax after work.

庄子豪说，休闲设施为人们下班后提供了一个极好休闲空间。

But Chung says he had to endure some tough times before finally turning a profit.

但是庄子豪说，他在赢利前也度过了一段困难时期。

In the Zhuangzi there's a story about a useless, crooked tree.

《庄子》里有一个故事，讲是一棵没用歪树。

A book named The Way of Chuang Tzu written by Thomas Merton contains a series of the author's own versions of Zhuangzi's classic sayings.

托马斯·默顿所著《庄子之道》一书中收录了一系列作者本人版本庄子经典名言。

Zhuangzi observed how the fishes smeared each other with slime and exchanged saliva to help each other stay alive.

庄子观察了鱼是如何用粘液互相涂抹，交换唾液来帮助彼此生存。

Taoist philosopher Zhuangzi observed that usefulness depends on the circumstances, as he told about a merchant that tried to sell shirts to a tribe, whose members were covered in tattoos, and always showed them off by walking around shirtless.

道教哲学家庄子指出，有用性取决于环境，他讲述了一个商人试图向一个部落出售衬衫，该部落成员身上有纹身，并且总是赤膊上阵来炫耀。

The Taoist story of the crooked tree, told by Zhuangzi, shows how being useless (or considered useless) can be beneficial.

道家庄子讲述歪曲树故事表明，无用（或被认为无用）是有益。

After working at an investment bank for years, Chung decided to do something he's really passionate about.

在一家投资银行工作了多年之后，庄子豪决定做他真正热衷事情。

Chuang Tzu tells us to let our minds wander in the pure and simple, to be one with the infinite, and let all things take their course.

庄子告诉我们，让我们思想在纯粹和简单中游荡，与无限融为一体，让一切顺其自然。

" The straight tree is the first to be cut down; the well of sweet water is the first to be exhausted, " said Zhuangzi.

“直木先伐，甘井先竭，”庄子说道。

The Taoist scripture Zhuangzi mentions a parable about the human concept of beauty.

道教文献《庄子》提到了一个关于人类对于美概念寓言。