濠梁之辩

濠梁之辯

Háoliáng zhī Biàn

proper noun

Meanings

1 Debate on the Hao River bridge, in which Zhuangzi and Huizi argue whether one can know the happiness of fish, in the Autumn Floods chapter of the Zhuangzi

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Examples

HSK 4

濠梁之辩是《庄子》里最有名的故事之一。

Háoliáng zhī Biàn shì 《 Zhuāngzǐ 》 lǐ zuì yǒumíng de gùshi zhīyī.

The debate on the Hao River bridge is one of the best-known stories in the Zhuangzi.

HSK 7-9

在濠梁之辩中，惠子问庄子：“子非鱼，安知鱼之乐？”

Zài Háoliáng zhī Biàn zhōng, Huìzǐ wèn Zhuāngzǐ: " Zǐ fēi yú, ān zhī yú zhī lè? "

In the debate on the Hao River bridge, Huizi asks Zhuangzi: 'You are not a fish, so how do you know the joy of fish?'

Tips

culture

Zhuangzi replies 子非我，安知我不知鱼之乐 'you are not me, so how do you know I don't know the joy of fish?', and ends by saying he knew it standing there on the bridge. 濠梁 is the bridge over the Hao River, traditionally placed near today's Fengyang in Anhui. The exchange is still quoted when someone claims to know how another feels.

Stroke Order

濠 háo

梁 liáng

之 zhī

辩 biàn