Motif
absence creates longing for one’s kind
absence_creates_longing_for_one_s_kind
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Lovesickness and Longing. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer CHAPTER XXII. / KNOWLEDGE TRAVELS NORTH. / CHAPTER XXIII. / CHAPTER XXIV.; lines 10309-10451 confidence: medium
Hsü Wu Kuei tells of an outlaw of Yüeh who, after longer absence, is glad to meet anyone connected with home. He adds a wilderness example of rejoicing at a human footfall or relative’s voice, and says the Prince has long lacked the voice of a pure man.
The outlaw of Yüeh and the wilderness fugitive illustrate increasing desire to encounter familiar or kindred people after absence and isolation.
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