Analects · 學而篇第一
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其斯之謂與
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『如切如磋，
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Explicit textual citationThe Analects quotes the craft simileThe Analects explicitly introduces the cutting-and-polishing lines as words from the Poems. In the dialogue the quotation becomes evidence of the learner’s ability to extend a prompt. The Shijing stanza first characterizes an admired figure; the later use is an interpretive event of its own.
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詩經 · 淇奧如切如磋瞻彼淇奧，綠竹猗猗。有匪君子，如切如磋，如琢如磨。瑟兮僩兮！赫兮咺兮！有匪君子，終不可諼兮！
荀子 · 大略篇第二十七如琢如磨玉之於琢磨也。《詩》曰：「如切如瑳，如琢如磨。」謂學問也。和氏之璧、井里之厥也，玉人琢之，為天下寶。子贛、季路，故鄙人也，被文學
莊子 · 外物第二十六始可與言莊子曰：「知无用而始可與言用矣。夫地非不廣且大也，人之所用容足耳。然則廁足而墊之致黃泉，人尚有用乎？」
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孟子 · Locate the unknown何必曰利孟子 · Notice an object before its verb何以利吾國孟子 · Locate the unknown雖有臺池鳥獸，豈能獨樂哉孟子 · Notice an object before its verb然而不王者，未之有也Edition, source, and reuse
- Work
- 論語 · Analects
- Attribution
- Traditionally associated with Confucius and his disciples; compiled across generations.
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- Kanseki Repository · KR1h0004 · base edition CHANT
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- KR1h0004_001.txt, lines 150–158. LY 01.15:02; tr. CH
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