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The source

"Don't talk ocean with a frog in a well." Zhuangzi said it in Zhuangzi 17 (The Floods of Autumn). Translated from the original Chinese by Spartan Surfers.

"井蛙不可以語於海者,拘於墟也。"

Original Chinese, Zhuangzi 17 (The Floods of Autumn). Chinese: Zhuangzi text via zh.wikisource; chapter title after Legge 1891.

Who said it

Zhuangzi (c. 369–286 BC). Taoist storyteller of the butterfly dream, the useless tree and the cook who never dulled his knife.

Questions

Who said "Don't talk ocean with a frog in a well."?
Zhuangzi (c. 369–286 BC). Source: Zhuangzi 17 (The Floods of Autumn).
What is the original Chinese?
井蛙不可以語於海者,拘於墟也。. Translated from the original Chinese by Spartan Surfers.
Is "Don't talk ocean with a frog in a well." on a shirt?
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