Motif
Humility increases with promotion
humility_increases_with_promotion
A motif of the Sacred Knowledge and Wisdom family, within the sub-family Wisdom Teaching and Moral Instruction. 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 SWORDS. / CHAPTER XXXI. / THE OLD FISHERMAN. / CHAPTER XXXII.; lines 13809-13950 confidence: medium
Chêng K'ao Fu responds to three appointments with increasing humility, while ordinary men respond to appointments with growing arrogance; the passage closes by warning against intentional virtue looking outward.
Chêng K'ao Fu becomes increasingly humble after successive appointments, while ordinary men become increasingly arrogant.
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