Motif
founding settlement through land clearance
founding_settlement_through_land_clearance
A motif of the Culture Hero and Founder family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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confucian
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The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Confucianism, Part I - The Shu King, the Religious Portions of the Shih King, the Hsiao King (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 3) DECADE I. / DECADE I. / C C 2 / DECADE I.; lines 16124-16262 confidence: medium
The two earlier dynasties, identified in the note as Hsia and Shang, fail to satisfy God; God turns kind regard to the west and gives a settlement to King Thai.
King Thai receives a settlement in the west and clears trunks, fallen trees, clumps, and tree growth while hostile hordes flee.
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