The original meaning refers to the process of butterfly larvae changing from pupa to adult after molting. It means that people experience growth, fade away from ugliness and uselessness, and become smart and beautiful. It is also often used to describe a girl who becomes beautiful as she grows older.

In On Zhuangzi Wuqi, Zhuangzi described and discussed the events of dreaming of butterflies and waking butterflies with romantic imagination and brilliant writing, and put forward the view that it is impossible for people to accurately distinguish between reality and illusion and materialization of life and death.

Although the story is extremely short, it becomes the representative of Zhuangzi's poetic philosophy because it permeates the essence of Zhuangzi's poetic philosophy. Because it contains romantic thoughts and feelings and rich philosophy of life, it has aroused the resonance of many literati and poets in later generations, and has become a topic they often chant, the most famous of which is Li Shangyin's Jinse, "Saint Zhuangzi daydreaming, butterfly bewitched, Wang Chunxin cuckoo crowed".

Zhuangzi's dream turned into a vivid butterfly, forgetting that he was a person, and only when he woke up did he know that he was still Zhuangzi. It's really hard to tell whether Zhuangzi has become the butterfly in her dream or the Zhuangzi in her dream.

Later, we filmed "Zhuang Zhou Dream Butterfly, Zhuang Zhou Butterfly, Butterfly Life, Butterfly Dream, Butterfly Dream, Butterfly Dream, Butterfly Dream, Butterfly Dream, Zhuang Zhou Butterfly, Zhuang Zhou Butterfly, Zhuang Zhou Butterfly, Qi Yuan Butterfly, Zhou Wei Butterfly". It is also used to write about butterflies.

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Original text:

In the past, Zhuang Zhoumeng was Hu Die, and Hu Die was lifelike, which was a metaphor for historical records. I didn't know Zhou Ye. If you suddenly feel it, you will suddenly feel it. I wonder if Zhou's dream is a dream or a dream is Zhou He? Zhou he, there are still points. This is called materialization. ("Zhuangzi's Theory of Everything")

Translation:

In the past, Zhuang Zhou dreamed that he had become a butterfly, a very vivid butterfly. How happy and comfortable he feels! I didn't know I was Zhuang Zhou. I suddenly woke up and realized that I was Zhuang Zhou. I wonder if Zhuang Zhou became a butterfly in his dream, or if the butterfly became Zhuang Zhou in his dream? There must be a difference between Zhuang Zhou and Butterfly. This can be called crop, my interaction and change.

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