Motif
disguise or adaptation to gain access to a ruler
disguise_or_adaptation_to_gain_access_to_a_ruler
A motif of the Trickster and Boundary Crosser family, within the sub-family Identity Disguises and Concealed Status. 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 ON DECLINING POWER. / CHAPTER XXIX. / CHAPTER XXX. / ON SWORDS.; lines 13221-13343 confidence: medium
The heir warns that his father receives only swordsmen and describes their dishevelled hair, slouching caps, coarse tassels, short coats, glaring eyes, and fierce speech; Chuang Tzŭ says he is a good swordsman and will accustom himself to the dress.
Chuang Tzŭ adopts the dress expected of swordsmen because the prince receives only such men.
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