Motif
Microcosmic war within a tiny world
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A motif of the Duality and Cosmic Opposition family, within the sub-family Cosmic cycles, dawn/night struggle, and elemental conflict. 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 KNOWLEDGE TRAVELS NORTH. / CHAPTER XXIII. / CHAPTER XXIV. / CHAPTER XXV.; lines 11217-11365 confidence: high
Tai Chin Jen tells of a snail with kingdoms on its left and right horns ruled by Aggression and Violence, whose rulers fight for territory; he then compares bounded kingdoms with boundless space and asks how the prince differs from Violence.
Tai Chin Jen presents kingdoms and large-scale warfare located on the two horns of a snail, then places ordinary political boundaries within a vast cosmic scale.
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