Motif
natural integrity damaged by artificial control
natural_integrity_damaged_by_artificial_control
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 VIII. / JOINED TOES. / CHAPTER IX. / HORSES' HOOFS.; lines 4140-4251 confidence: high
Poh Loh says he understands horse management, then brands, clips, pares, halters, shackles, stables, hungers, thirsts, trots, gallops, grooms, trims, bridles, and whips horses, causing many deaths.
Horses, clay, wood, and people are repeatedly described as having natural capacities or integrity that are harmed by management, craft tools, government, ceremony, and moral imposition.
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