Stranded fish spit to keep each other wet. Better to swim free and forget.

The source

"Stranded fish spit to keep each other wet. Better to swim free and forget." Zhuangzi said it in Zhuangzi 6 (The Great and Most Honoured Master). Translated from the original Chinese by Spartan Surfers.

"泉涸，魚相與處於陸，相呴以濕 ... 不如相忘於江湖。"

Original Chinese, Zhuangzi 6 (The Great and Most Honoured Master). 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 "Stranded fish spit to keep each other wet. Better to swim free and forget."?

Zhuangzi (c. 369–286 BC). Source: Zhuangzi 6 (The Great and Most Honoured Master).

What is the original Chinese?

泉涸，魚相與處於陸，相呴以濕 ... 不如相忘於江湖。. Translated from the original Chinese by Spartan Surfers.