The cosmic funeral of the philosopher Zhuangzi

Zhuangzi is a Taoist philosopher whose death is recounted in chapter 32 of the eponymous work. At the point of death, he refused the dignified funeral prepared by his disciples, preferring that the sky, the earth, the stars, and all of creation serve as his slow funeral ornaments. He retorted in the face of their concern that being devoured by birds in the open air was well worth being eaten by worms underground.