Comparative mythology corpus

External Aims Cause Loss Of Proper Nature

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Daoist Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer CHAPTER VII. / HOW TO GOVERN. / CHAPTER VIII. / JOINED TOES.; lines 3958-4085 high From the Three Dynasties onward, external things are said to change human nature: the mean man dies for gain, the superior man for fame, the man of rank for ancestral honours, and the Sage for the world; the injury in sacrificing life is the same. record