the lesser likeness of unlikes. That the likeness of things altogether unlike is called the greater likeness of unlikes. That southwards there is no limit, and yet there is a limit. That one can reach Yüeh to-day and yet be there before. That joined rings can be separated. That the middle of the world is north of Yen and south of Yüeh.
- It is wherever the speaker is. The space between Yen and Yüeh is as zero compared with the infinite.
That he loves all creation equally, just as heaven and earth are impartial to all.
- In covering and supporting all.
Accordingly, Hui Tzŭ was regarded as a great philosopher and a very subtle dialectician; and became a favourite with the other dialecticians of the day.
He said that there were feathers in an egg.
- Because on a chicken.
That a fowl had three feet.
- The third being volition.
That Ying was the world.
- As you cannot say it is not the world.
That a dog could be a sheep. That a mare could lay eggs. That a nail has a tail.
- Names being arbitrary in all cases.
That fire is not hot.
- It is the man who feels it hot.
That mountains have mouths.
- As evidenced by echoes.
