Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

peace through non-aggression and unused weapons

peace_through_non_aggression_and_unused_weapons

A motif of the Duality and Cosmic Opposition family, within the sub-family Innate nature, non-action, anti-artifice, and non-aggression. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

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1 traditions


daoist

  • Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer THE OLD FISHERMAN. / CHAPTER XXXII. / CHAPTER XXXIII. / THE EMPIRE.; lines 14207-14322 confidence: high

    They suffer obloquy, preserve people from strife, prohibit aggression, cause arms to lie unused, save their generation from wars, and spread their system over the empire.

    Sung Hsing and Yin Wên are described as preserving people from strife, prohibiting aggression, causing arms to lie unused, and saving their generation from wars.

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