Motif
destructive imitation of rewarded virtue
destructive_imitation_of_rewarded_virtue
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family False Accusation and Fraud Exposed. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer CHAPTER XXIV. / CHAPTER XXV. / CHAPTER XXVI. / CONTINGENCIES.; lines 11890-11934 confidence: high
The keeper of the Yen gate harms himself severely after his parents' death, receives a high official post for filial piety, and his relatives imitate the harm, with about half dying.
Relatives imitate the gatekeeper's self-maltreatment after his official reward, and many die.
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