One day, Zhuang Zi went to pay his respects to Ai Gong, King of the State of Lu.
Ai Gong said: "There are many Confucian scholars in our country, but very few study your Taoist doctrines1."
Zhuang Zi retorted: "The actual situation is not like what you said. In fact, there are very few Confucian scholars in the State of Lu."
Hearing this, Ai Gong replied by asking a question: "How can you say there are very few Confucian scholars in the State of Lu, when all the people in the state wear the clothes of Confucian scholars?"
Zhuang Zi said: "I hear that Confucian scholars who wear round-shaped hats understand the w
