Chiang Hsun feels that this phenomenon is a result of Chinese culture maturing early. The Chinese quickly learned that the body would ultimately turn to dust and was no more than a false image. The story of Chaung Tzu dreaming about the butterfly and then wondering if normally he was a butterfly dreaming he was a man illustrates a way of thinking that shows no attachment to the human body.
蔣勳覺得這是因為中國這個民族太過早熟了，早知道身體的存在終將化為塵灰，身體的存在甚至是一種假象，莊周夢蝶的故事，正是對身體不加眷戀的哲思。