Motif
loss of original nature through imposed refinement
loss_of_original_nature_through_imposed_refinement
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 CHAPTER XI. / ON LETTING ALONE. / CHAPTER XII. / THE UNIVERSE.; lines 5542-5631 confidence: high
An old tree is cut into colored sacrificial vessels while the stump remains in a ditch; the different honor or dishonor still destroys the wood's original nature, as with the differing acts of Robber Chê and of Tsêng and Shih.
The old tree becomes ornamented sacrificial vessels while the stump remains dishonored, yet both are said to involve destruction of the wood's original nature; named figures with different acts are also said to share the same loss.
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