batch.motif.persian-sadi-gulistan-ross-gutenberg-l2021-l2032
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record_id: batch.motif.persian-sadi-gulistan-ross-gutenberg-l2021-l2032
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/persian/project-gutenberg/gulistan-sadi-ross.md
passage_locator:
label: XXXIII / XXXIV / XXXVI / XXXVII; lines 2021-2032
start: '2021'
end: '2032'
translation: The Persian Literature, Volume 2, The Gulistan
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: '"To such of them as are poor lend money, and from such as are rich ask some
in loan; and neither of them will trouble you again."'
summary: A disciple complains to his ghostly father that frequent visitors interrupt
his time. The father advises him to lend money to poor visitors and ask loans
from rich visitors so that both groups will stop troubling him. A concluding maxim
compares importunate begging to something from which an infidel would flee as
far as China.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A disciple complains to his ghostly father about people interrupting him with
frequent visits.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The visitors are described as breaking in upon the disciple's precious hours
with impertinent intrusions.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The ghostly father tells the disciple to lend money to poor visitors and ask
rich visitors for a loan.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The advice predicts that neither poor nor rich visitors will trouble the disciple
again.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: The passage ends with a maxim involving a beggar, an army of Islam or the
orthodox, an infidel, and the wall of China.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: disciple
description: A disciple who complains that frequent visitors interrupt his time.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: ghostly father
description: The disciple's ghostly father, who answers with practical advice.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: people / visitors
description: People whose frequent visits annoy the disciple and interrupt his hours.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: poor visitors
description: Those among the visitors who are poor and should be lent money according
to the father's advice.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: rich visitors
description: Those among the visitors who are rich and should be asked for a loan
according to the father's advice.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: beggar
description: A beggar mentioned in the concluding maxim.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: infidel
description: An infidel in the concluding maxim who would flee the beggar's importunity
as far as the wall of China.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
roles:
- id: role:1
label: complainant disciple
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The disciple reports annoyance and loss of time caused by visitors.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: counsel-giver
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The ghostly father replies with a recommended course of action.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: interrupting visitors
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The people are said to visit frequently and interrupt the disciple.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:4
label: loan recipients
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The advice says to lend money to the poor among the visitors.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:5
label: loan targets
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The advice says to ask the rich among the visitors for a loan.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:6
label: importunate beggar
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The maxim describes a beggar whose importunity causes flight.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:7
label: one who flees importunity
assigned_to:
- fig:7
basis: The maxim says the infidel will flee the beggar's importunity as far as the
wall of China.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: money or loan
literal_form: money lent to the poor and loan requested from the rich
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: wall of China
literal_form: the wall of China as the far limit in the concluding maxim
associated_figures:
- fig:7
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Complaint about intrusive visitors
summary: The disciple tells his ghostly father that frequent visits from people
interrupt his valued time.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Advice using loans to repel visitors
summary: 'The ghostly father advises a financial strategy: lend to poor visitors
and ask rich visitors for loans, so both groups stop coming.'
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Maxim on fleeing importunity
summary: A concluding maxim states that an infidel would flee a beggar's importunity
as far as the wall of China.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:7
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Practical wisdom as paradoxical social counsel
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The anecdote presents a complaint and a concise reply in which a spiritual
adviser solves an everyday social problem through shrewd practical advice.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: The available taxonomy supports a broad wisdom classification; no narrower
supplied taxonomy reference is available.
- id: motif:2
label: Repelling unwanted company through debt obligations
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: 'The advised tactic is to discourage visitors by creating financial discomfort:
the poor become debtors and the rich are asked to lend.'
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: This is a passage-level motif candidate without a supplied taxonomy identifier.
- id: motif:3
label: Proverbial flight from importunate begging
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The final maxim uses an exaggerated image of fleeing a beggar's importunity
as far as the wall of China.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: The maxim is internally supported, but its broader comparative range is
not established by the supplied passage alone.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 2021-2032; disciple's complaint
quote_or_summary: A disciple complains to his ghostly father that frequent visits
from people annoy him and interrupt his precious hours.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/persian/project-gutenberg/gulistan-sadi-ross.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:2
type: quote
locator: lines 2021-2032; ghostly father's reply
quote_or_summary: '"To such of them as are poor lend money, and from such as are
rich ask some in loan; and neither of them will trouble you again."'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/persian/project-gutenberg/gulistan-sadi-ross.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short excerpt from supplied passage.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 2021-2032; concluding maxim
quote_or_summary: The passage says a beggar may be the harbinger of an army of Islam
or the orthodox, and that an infidel will flee the beggar's importunity as far
as the wall of China.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/persian/project-gutenberg/gulistan-sadi-ross.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The literal anecdote and figures are clear. Motif labels are conservative
and passage-level. No comparison claims were made because the passage itself does
not establish cross-textual comparison.
reviewer_status:
status: needs_review
reviewer: ''
reviewed_at: ''
notes: Machine-generated draft from OpenAI Batch; not human-reviewed.
extracted_by: openai_batch:gpt-5.5
extracted_at: '2026-04-28'
notes: |-
Only the supplied passage and metadata were used. The source label names multiple sections, but the provided passage text contains section XXXVII only.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:persian-sadi-gulistan-ross-gutenberg__l2021-l2032
passage_sha256=30a09a700ece87f82e4ea7182bbef95d6255a29d72e2e06f54e913d3eab9d31d