Motif
Rulerly devotion to water-management works
rulerly_devotion_to_water_management_works
A motif of the Culture Hero and Founder family, within the sub-family Hydraulic Works and Water Regulation. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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confucian
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The Analects of Confucius BOOK V. KUNG-YE CH'ANG. / BOOK VI. YUNG YEY. / BOOK VII. SHU R. / BOOK VIII. T'AI-PO.; lines 1128-1138 confidence: medium
Yu's ordinary garments were poor, his sacrificial cap and apron elegant, his house low and mean, and his strength devoted to ditches and water-channels.
Yu is praised for expending all his strength on ditches and water-channels.
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