Motif
Anti-war mourning of victory
anti_war_mourning_of_victory
A motif of the Lament, Mourning, and Tragic Recognition family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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taoist
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道德經 道德經; lines 64-460 confidence: high
The passage warns that one assisting a ruler by Dao does not use military strength; where armies camp, thorns grow, and after a great army there is a bad year.
Weapons are called inauspicious, military encampment is followed by thorns and bad years, and victorious killing is to be mourned as a funeral matter.
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