Motif
well-meant repayment causing destruction
well_meant_repayment_causing_destruction
A motif of the Divine Judgment and Moral Reckoning family, within the sub-family Moral Causality and Consequence. 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 CHAPTER VI. / THE GREAT SUPREME. / CHAPTER VII. / HOW TO GOVERN.; lines 3864-3955 confidence: high
Shu and Hu often meet on Hun Tun's territory, are well treated, and decide to repay his kindness.
Shu and Hu decide to repay Hun Tun's kindness by boring holes in him, and the act kills him.
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