Tandeloos ging naar Meester Kazuifel om hem over de Tao te ondervragen.“Breng je lichaam in orde
Maak je visie één,
En de hemelse harmonie zal komen.
Concentreer je gedachten,
Richt je hele aandacht op het Ene,
En de goden zullen in je komen wonen.
De deugd zal je schoonheid geven
De Tao zal in jou zijn verblijf vinden…”
– Zhuang Zi, de volledige geschiften.
“Once Zhuang Zhou dreamt he was a butterfly, fluttering about joyfully just as a butterfly would. He followed his whims exactly as he liked and knew nothing about Zhuang Zhou. Suddenly he awoke, and there he was, the startled Zhuang Zhou in the flesh. He did not know if Zhou had been dreaming he was a utterly or if a butterfly was now dreaming it was Zhou. Surely, Zhou and a butterfly and as two distinct identities! Such is what we call the transformation of one thing to another.” (Zhuangzi, Chapter Two: Equalizing Assessments of Things)