Motif
freedom preferred to secure captivity
freedom_preferred_to_secure_captivity
A motif of the Mystical Quest and Interior Journey family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
2 traditions
daoist
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Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer CHAPTER II. / THE IDENTITY OF CONTRARIES. / CHAPTER III. / NOURISHMENT OF THE SOUL.; lines 2016-2134 confidence: high
Wild fowl get a peck once in ten steps and a drink once in a hundred, yet do not want to be fed in a cage because they would not be free.
The wild fowl could command food in a cage but would not be free, and therefore do not want that condition.
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taoist
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Chuang Tzŭ: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer B.C. 1766. / B 2 / CHAPTER II. / CHAPTER III.; lines 2491-2651 confidence: high
Wild fowl get food and drink only after many steps, yet they do not want to be fed in a cage because, although food would be available, they would not be free; a note contrasts this with an official cage.
Wild fowl accept sparse food and drink rather than being fed in a cage without freedom.
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