Motif
reversal between life and death valuation
reversal_between_life_and_death_valuation
A motif of the Duality and Cosmic Opposition family, within the sub-family Virtue and vice, truth and falsehood, and social reversal. 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 TRANSCENDENTAL BLISS. / B.C. 1766. / CHAPTER II. / THE IDENTITY OF CONTRARIES.; lines 1931-2013 confidence: medium
The Duke of Chin gets a woman who first weeps enough to drench her dress, later lives at the royal residence, eats rich food, and regrets having wept; the speaker asks whether the dead may likewise regret clinging to life.
The woman's regret for earlier weeping is used to question whether the dead may regret having clung to life.
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