A poem’s similes in Zengzi’s speech
The Analects marks the precariousness images as a quotation from the Poems. Compare the poem’s voice with the setting of Zengzi’s illness. Exact repeated wording anchors the connection, while the new speaker and situation change its use.
戰戰兢兢，如臨深淵，如履薄冰The linked similes in the Xiao min stanza.
tls · CC BY-SA 4.0 · KR1c0001_019.txt, lines 518–527《詩》云：『戰戰兢兢，如臨深淵，如履薄冰。』An explicit quotation in a newly specified situation.
CHANT · CC BY-SA 4.0 · KR1h0004_008.txt, lines 36–45Make the comparison explicit
The Analects marks the precariousness images as a quotation from the Poems. Compare the poem’s voice with the setting of Zengzi’s illness. Exact repeated wording anchors the connection, while the new speaker and situation change its use.
詩經: The linked similes in the Xiao min stanza.
論語: An explicit quotation in a newly specified situation.
What must remain distinct even when the words match?
The poem’s original speaking situation and the dialogue in which Zengzi quotes 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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