This paper explores the contribution that the Zhuangzi can offer to the problem of socioeconomic inequality, understood as a defining characteristic of Latin American reality. I propose that the famous story of Pao Ding 庖丁 opens up perspectives for thinking about ways of addressing this reality. Following the interpretations of Romain Graziani (2005) and Hans-Georg Moeller (2020), I examine how the narrative subverts social and epistemic hierarchies by reversing the positions of ruler and cook: the nobleman appears as an ignorant disciple and the commoner as the possessor of knowledge. This subversion should not be understood as a “definitive solution,” but rather as a way of seeing that allows us to imagine the suspension—albeit poetic and momentary—of the hierarchies that structured ancient Chinese society, thus offering interpretive keys that are also useful for contemporary contexts marked by inequality, such as Latin America.