Motif
becoming another through external orientation
becoming_another_through_external_orientation
A motif of the Mystical Quest and Interior Journey family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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daoist
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Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer CHAPTER VII. / HOW TO GOVERN. / CHAPTER VIII. / JOINED TOES.; lines 4087-4137 confidence: medium
A person who sees and takes possession of others rather than himself becomes someone else; this is called a fatal error that both Robber Chê and Poh I can commit.
The passage warns that seeing and possessing others instead of oneself causes a person to become someone else, a fatal error.
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