Comparative mythology corpus

Loss Of Original Nature Through Imposed Refinement

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Daoist Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer CHAPTER XI. / ON LETTING ALONE. / CHAPTER XII. / THE UNIVERSE.; lines 5542-5631 high An old tree is cut into colored sacrificial vessels while the stump remains in a ditch; the different honor or dishonor still destroys the wood's original nature, as with the differing acts of Robber ChĂȘ and of TsĂȘng and Shih. record