ONCE UPON A TIME, I Chuang Tzu, dreamt that I was a butterfly , flitting around and enjoying myself. I had no idea I was Chuang Tzu. Then suddenly, I woke up and was Chuang Tzu again. But I could not tell, had I been Chuang Tzu dreaming I was a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming I was now Chuang Tzu.
Mình có nhiều câu hỏi về bài này muốn hỏi mọi người :
1. Why do you think he would want to relate the story of such a dream?
2. During the dream, what does he have" no idea" of ? Why might he have added this statement to the story of his dream?
3. What does Chuang Tzu wonder when he wakes from the dream? What does this tell you about his way of thinking?
4. What do you think the butterfly might symbolize?
Do you think it is an effective symbol?
5. What lesson, or moral do you gain form this story?