 “Equalizing Things” alludes to versions of at least four of Hui Shi’s theses and to both the white horse and the “indicating” sophisms. “Today go to Yue and arrive yesterday” is cited as an analogy for something impossible or contradictory. “Just as it is alive, it is dying” is used for rhetorical effect to support the point that judgments of what is “this” (shi) and “not this” (fei) arise together, are relative to each other, and can be reversed or shifted. After arguing that anything can be deemed “this” or “not this,” the text critiques Gongsun Long: 