The sage would have none of it and took the opportunity to educate his friend, saying: "How do you know that death is not returning to the home of nature, and that human life is like a child who has lost his way and can't find his home?"
莊子的好友惠施實在看不過他的荒誕行徑，訓了老友一頓，不想，莊子非但不以為忤，反而「機會教育」起惠施來。他說：「你怎麼知道死亡不是人們回到大自然的家呢？而人活著不就像是迷了路、找不著家的小孩嗎？」