I overall found Zhuangzi Speaks to be a very interesting book with a lot of insight. Even more so, I feel that even though the book was written so many years ago, it still has relevant information and solid advice more the modern day. With this in mind, a story that I though was the most interesting and particularly profound was the story of Zi Gong’s Snow-White Clothes. The story follows two students of Confucius, Yuan Xian and Zi Gong. Specifically, the story focuses on the differences in fortune’s the pair had as Yuan Xian grew up in poverty and was never able to escape poverty in his lifetime. Zi Gong, on the other hand, was able to use his speaking ability to become a powerful government official who was very rich. The morale of the story
