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constitutes the enjoyment of fishes??' Kwang-zze rejoined, “You are not I. How do you know that I do not know what constitutes the enjoyment of fishes ?' Hui-zze said, 'I am not you ; and though indeed I do not fully know you, you certainly are not a fish, and (the argument) is complete against your knowing what constitutes the happiness of fishes.' Kwang-zze replied, 'Let us keep to your original question. You said to me, “How do you know what constitutes the enjoyment of fishes ?” You knew that I knew it, and yet you put your question to me ;-well, I know it (from our enjoying ourselves together) over the Hảo.
Surely a captious question. We infer the feelings of other creatures from their demonstrations.
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