This is the ultimate teaching of the flower. The "self" is a rigid structure—a stem that believes it is separate from the soil. The butterfly is transformation itself. To be the flower of the south means to dissolve the boundary between dreamer and dreamed, between you and Tao. When you realize you are both the flower and the sun, the seed and the void, you have entered the southern garden of immortality.
: I Ching (The Book of Changes), representing the underlying dynamics of the universe. nan hua ching o livro da flor do sul
The book is one of the two foundational texts of Daoism (Taoism), alongside the Tao Te Ching by Laozi. While the Tao Te Ching is poetic, concise, and political, the Nan Hua Ching is literary, humorous, and deeply philosophical. It is composed of 33 chapters, traditionally divided into three sections: This is the ultimate teaching of the flower