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The Matrix
"Butterfly"
Matrix Comics Vol. 1
By Dave Gibbons
2001 |
There was once a man who dreamed he
was a butterfly…
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Didja Know?
This comic strip originally appeared on the official Matrix
website in 2001. It was later printed in
The Matrix Comics, Vol. 1 published by
Burlyman
Entertainment, a comic book publisher founded by the Wachowskis.
Characters appearing or mentioned in this story
Agents
Red pill operative
Chinese man (unnamed)
Didja Notice?
Throughout this story, the player is
treated to the narrative
of "The Butterfly Dream" from the ancient Chinese
philosophical book
Zhuangzi
(3rd Century BC), one of the foundational texts of Taoism,
by Chuang Tzu, about a man who dreams he was a butterfly
and then wakes up wondering if he's a man who had dreamt he
was a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming he was a man.
Is anyone able to translate the signs and banners with Chinese writing
on them in this story? Write to the email address at the top of
the page if you can!
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