Zen Fish painting

by Oiyee At Oystudio

Title

Zen Fish painting

Artist

Oiyee At Oystudio

Medium

Painting - Chinese Ink

Description

This painting is inspired by a taoist parable 子非魚 安知魚之樂 "You're not the fish, how can you possibly know about the happiness of the fish"

Zhuangzi and Huizi were strolling on a bridge over the River Hao, when the former observed, "See how the minnows dart between the rocks! Such is the happiness of fishes."
"You are not the fish," said Huizi, "how can you possibly know about the happiness of the fish?"
"And you not being I,"said Zhuangzi, "how can you know that I don't know about the happiness of the fish?"
"If I, not being you, cannot know what you know," replied Huizi,"does it not follow from that very fact that you, not being a fish, cannot know what makes fish happy?"
"Let us go back," said Zhuangzi, "to your original question. You asked me how I knew about the happiness of the fish. The very fact you asked shows that you knew I knew"as I did know, from my own feelings on this bridge."



Another note: Why do I give the painting the title "zen Fish" when the inspiration is from a Taoist parable? That is because Zen Buddhism is Chan Buddhism originating from China, being a mix of Taoism and Buddhism

Chinese Ink Painting by Tai Oi Yee. Artist website: http://oystudio.com.

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January 20th, 2016

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