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The Butterfly Dream

passage in Zhuangzi in which the narrator dreams that he is a butterfly
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The Butterfly Dream

Summary

The Butterfly Dream is a chengyu[1]. It draws 28 Wikipedia views per month (chengyu category, ranking #8 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Butterfly Dream's image is recorded as Dschuang-Dsi-Schmetterlingstraum-Zhuangzi-Butterfly-Dream.jpg[3].
  • The Butterfly Dream's instance of is recorded as chengyu[4].
  • The Butterfly Dream's instance of is recorded as pericope[5].
  • The Butterfly Dream's language of work or name is recorded as Chinese[6].
  • The Butterfly Dream's present in work is recorded as Zhuangzi[7].
  • The Butterfly Dream's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/187cd7zv[8].

Why It Matters

The Butterfly Dream draws 28 Wikipedia views per month (chengyu category, ranking #8 of 8).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). The Butterfly Dream. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-butterfly-dream
MLA “The Butterfly Dream.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-butterfly-dream.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_the-butterfly-dream_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{The Butterfly Dream}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-butterfly-dream}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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