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In the Northern Ocean, there is a fish, by the name of kun, which is many thousand li in size. This fish metamorphoses into a bird by the name of peng, whose back is many thousand li in breadth. When the bird rouses itself and flies, its wings obscure the sky like clouds.
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Chi Hsieh is the name of a person, not that of a book, according to Yu Yueh.
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According to some commentators, both Ming-ling and Ta-chun are names of trees. According to others, these are names of persons.
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Peng Tsu is said to be a man of the Shang Dynasty, who lived as long as 800 years.
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Tang was a king of the Shang Dynasty.
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Reading 而 as 能, according to Kuo Ching-fan.
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This philosopher was mentioned by Mencius as Sung Ching and by Hsun Tzu as Sung Niu.
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One of the traditional sage-kings.
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A legendary hermit.
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Reading 宾 as 实, according to Yu Yueh.
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Another legendary sage-king.
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A prominent scholar of the School of Logicians.
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Tzu, C., Yu-lan, F. (2016). The Happy Excursion. In: Chuang-Tzu. China Academic Library. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48075-5_1
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