Motif
Ceaseless change and succession of endings and beginnings
ceaseless_change_and_succession_of_endings_and_beginnings
A motif of the Sacred Time and Ritual Cycle 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 XVI. / EXERCISE OF FACULTIES. / CHAPTER XVII. / AUTUMN FLOODS.; lines 7167-7314 confidence: medium
Tao is described as without beginning or end; other things are born and die, time cannot be arrested, and every end is followed by a new beginning.
The passage says things are born and die, time cannot be arrested, succession of states is endless, and every end is followed by a new beginning.
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