Motif
self-preserving concealment
self_preserving_concealment
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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daoist
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Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer CHAPTER XXI. / CHAPTER XXII. / KNOWLEDGE TRAVELS NORTH. / CHAPTER XXIII.; lines 9790-9926 confidence: high
Kêng Sang Ch'u uses images of a cart-swallowing beast exposed to snares and a boat-swallowing fish stranded for ants; he says the self-caring man hides, criticizes Yao and Shun, and says honoring virtue and fostering knowledge lead to emulation, theft, violence, and future cannibalism.
Kêng Sang Ch'u argues that great animals are endangered when displaced and states that the person who cares for himself hides his body and loves the occult.
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