Motif
Decline from Tao to external propriety
decline_from_tao_to_external_propriety
A motif of the World Ages and Cosmic Decline 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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The Tao Teh King, or the Tao and its Characteristics THE TAO TEH KING, / THE TAO AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS / PART 1. / PART II.; lines 702-871 confidence: high
Higher attributes are not displayed and act without purpose; a sequence is given from loss of Tao to attributes, benevolence, righteousness, and proprieties; propriety is linked to disorder.
The passage gives a sequence from lost Tao to attributes, benevolence, righteousness, and proprieties, and describes propriety as attenuated good faith and the beginning of disorder.
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