Motif
Animal discipline as model for political critique
animal_discipline_as_model_for_political_critique
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family. 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 VIII. / JOINED TOES. / CHAPTER IX. / HORSES' HOOFS.; lines 4140-4251 confidence: high
Poh Loh says he understands horse management, then brands, clips, pares, halters, shackles, stables, hungers, thirsts, grooms, bridles, and whips horses, with many dying.
Poh Loh’s horse management causes death and depravity, and the narrator explicitly says rulers of the empire make the same mistake.
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