Acknowledge what the evidence warrants

These passages support a learning exercise in intellectual restraint. The connection is an editorial comparison, not a claim of shared authorship or dependence.

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Make the comparison explicit

These passages support a learning exercise in intellectual restraint. The connection is an editorial comparison, not a claim of shared authorship or dependence.

論語: Separate the visible repetition from a larger interpretation of knowing.

孟子: A particular account in the Documents becomes an object of scrutiny; 書 here names that work.

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.

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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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