The same question structure in prose and verse
Both excerpts place 何 before 以. One asks for the basis of social grouping, while the other asks how to endure material hardship. A grammatical connection can be precise even when the subject matter and genre differ greatly.
人何以能群？A prose argument asks for the basis of collective life.
tls · CC BY-SA 4.0 · KR3a0002_009.txt, lines 590–602何以卒歲？A verse speaker asks for the means of getting through the year.
tls · CC BY-SA 4.0 · KR1c0001_015.txt, lines 24–34Make the comparison explicit
Both excerpts place 何 before 以. One asks for the basis of social grouping, while the other asks how to endure material hardship. A grammatical connection can be precise even when the subject matter and genre differ greatly.
荀子: A prose argument asks for the basis of collective life.
詩經: A verse speaker asks for the means of getting through the year.
What is the stable grammatical relation across these different questions?
何 is the interrogative object associated with 以, appearing before it.
Shared words, images, or constructions do not by themselves establish common meaning, authorship, or origin. An explicit citation is identified only where the wording itself supports it.
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