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Peach Blossom Spring

桃花源記 (Taohuayuan Ji)

A fisherman who stumbles into a hidden valley of peace, cut off from dynastic time and war for centuries, cannot find his way back a second time, because a true refuge from history cannot be deliberately relocated.

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  • Zhuangzi · c. 350-150 BC (Inner Chapters earliest and most likely authentic to Zhuang Zhou; Outer and Miscellaneous Chapters added by later followers through the early Han)

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