Motif
ritual austerity criticized as excess
ritual_austerity_criticized_as_excess
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Revealed Command and Divine Authorization. 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 THE OLD FISHERMAN. / CHAPTER XXXII. / CHAPTER XXXIII. / THE EMPIRE.; lines 14084-14205 confidence: medium
Mih Tzŭ and Ch'in Hua Li are named as enthusiastic followers of TAO who pushed it too far; Ch'in Hua Li is noted as Mih Tzŭ's disciple; Mih Tzŭ wrote Against Music and Economy.
Mih Tzŭ's bans on singing and mourning and his uniform coffin rule are presented as excessive and unreasonable against older musical and mourning practices.
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