“The fish trap exists because of the fish; once you've gotten the fish, you can forget the trap. Words exist because of meaning; once you've gotten the meaning, you can forget the words.”
— Zhuangzi
Zhuangzi
Zhuangzi's teaching that language is a tool, not the reality itself.
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