Comparative mythology corpus

Humility Increases With Promotion

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Daoist Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer ON SWORDS. / CHAPTER XXXI. / THE OLD FISHERMAN. / CHAPTER XXXII.; lines 13809-13950 medium ChĂȘng K'ao Fu responds to three appointments with increasing humility, while ordinary men respond to appointments with growing arrogance; the passage closes by warning against intentional virtue looking outward. record