Motif
Auspicious river portent with horse and map
auspicious_river_portent_with_horse_and_map
A motif of the Prophecy and Systematic Divination family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
confucian
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The Li Ki, Books I-X (The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Confucianism, Part III; Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 27) BOOK IV. THE YUEH LING / SUPPLEMENTARY SECTION. / Part TL / BOOK V. THE QUESTIONS OF 3ANG-3ZE1; lines 16876-17011 confidence: medium
The ordered state has no flood, drought, insects, bad grass, famine, untimely deaths, or irregular births; heaven, earth, men, hills, and the Ho provide abundance and portents.
The Ho is said to send forth a horse with a map as part of the abundance accompanying harmonious order.
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