Motif
apparent smallness containing inexhaustible vastness
apparent_smallness_containing_inexhaustible_vastness
A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
confucian
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The Li Ki, Books XI-XLVI (The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Confucianism, Part IV; Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 28) BOOK XXIV. AI KUNG WAN / BOOK XXV. KUNG-NI YEN KU / BOOK XXVII. FANG At / BOOK XXVIII. AUNG YUNG; lines 12673-12822 confidence: high
Heaven, earth, mountain, and water are each described as appearing small while containing or sustaining vast cosmic, terrestrial, living, and valuable things.
The passage repeatedly describes heaven, earth, mountain, and water as apparently small forms that nevertheless contain, sustain, or produce vast phenomena, living beings, and valuables.
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