What did the reader supply?
Recover the object of 習 in one passage and examine the questioner’s perspective in the other. In both cases, distinguish visible wording from contextual inference.
學而時習之Identify the referent supplied for 之.
CHANT · CC BY-SA 4.0 · KR1h0004_001.txt, lines 16–22天之蒼蒼，其正色邪A question invites interpretation; it is not a direct assertion of its own answer.
CHANT · CC BY-SA 4.0 · KR5c0126_001.txt, lines 49–53Make the comparison explicit
Recover the object of 習 in one passage and examine the questioner’s perspective in the other. In both cases, distinguish visible wording from contextual inference.
論語: Identify the referent supplied for 之.
莊子: A question invites interpretation; it is not a direct assertion of its own answer.
If two passages both contain 知, what has been established before reading their contexts?
A shared written form. A shared sense, philosophical position, historical pronunciation, or line of influence remains to be argued.
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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