batch.motif.persian-sadi-gulistan-ross-gutenberg-l4239-l4250
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record_id: batch.motif.persian-sadi-gulistan-ross-gutenberg-l4239-l4250
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/persian/project-gutenberg/gulistan-sadi-ross.md
passage_locator:
label: XVIII / XXIII / XXVIII / XXXII; lines 4239-4250
start: '4239'
end: '4250'
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: '"Lust is a fire; refrain from indulging it... pour in this world the water
of continence upon this fire"'
summary: The passage contrasts greed with temperance through examples of people,
dogs, bread, and the whole world. A father gives late-life advice that lust should
be restrained, picturing it as fire and continence as water that quenches it before
hellish punishment in the next world.
language: English
quote_policy: quoted
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: Ten people are said to be able to share the same joint of meat, while two
dogs snarl over a whole carcass.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: The greedy man is described as unsatisfied even with the whole world before
him.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The temperate man is described as content with a crust of bread.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The speaker's father gives advice when the sun of his life is going down.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: The father's advice calls lust a fire and warns against becoming involved
in the flames of hell.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:6
text: The father's advice says to pour the water of continence on the fire of lust
in this world because one lacks strength to burn in those flames as punishment
in the next world.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: Ten people
description: A group said to partake of the same joint of meat.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Two dogs
description: Two dogs said to snarl over a whole carcass.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Greedy man
description: A man described as incontinent and unsatisfied with a whole world before
him.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: Temperate man
description: A man described as content with his crust of bread.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: Father
description: The speaker's father, who gives sage advice near the end of life.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Advised speaker
description: The recipient of the father's advice, addressed as one who should refrain
from indulging lust.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
roles:
- id: role:1
label: sharing group
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: They partake of the same joint of meat.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: quarreling animals
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: They snarl over a whole carcass.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: greedy exemplar
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: He is described as incontinent and unable to be satisfied by the whole world.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: temperate exemplar
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: He is content with a crust of bread.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:5
label: fatherly counselor
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: He gives sage advice to the speaker.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: recipient of moral advice
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: The father's speech addresses the speaker and instructs restraint.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: meat and carcass
literal_form: joint of meat; whole carcass
associated_figures:
- fig:1
- fig:2
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: bread of sufficiency
literal_form: crust of bread; loaf of brown bread
associated_figures:
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:3
label: whole world or globe as insufficient object of greed
literal_form: whole world; produce of the whole globe
associated_figures:
- fig:3
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: lust as fire
literal_form: fire; flames of hell
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: continence as water
literal_form: water of continence poured on fire
associated_figures:
- fig:5
- fig:6
taxonomy_refs:
- water
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:6
label: life as setting sun
literal_form: the sun of his life was going down
associated_figures:
- fig:5
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Contrasts of appetite and contentment
summary: The passage compares shared meat among ten people, snarling dogs over a
carcass, the greedy man's dissatisfaction with the world, and the temperate man's
contentment with bread.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Father's advice on lust and continence
summary: The father gives late-life advice that lust is fire, that indulging it
risks hellish flames, and that continence should be used like water to quench
it in this world.
figure_refs:
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
- sym:5
- sym:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: Moral wisdom transmitted by a father
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The speaker's father gives explicitly described sage advice near the end
of life.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: The passage is didactic and aphoristic, not a narrative initiation scene.
- id: motif:2
label: Greed contrasted with temperance
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The passage contrasts the greedy man's dissatisfaction with the temperate
man's contentment and frames simple bread as sufficient where the whole world
cannot satisfy greed.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: high
cautions: No supplied taxonomy family directly names this moral contrast.
- id: motif:3
label: Desire as fire quenched by restraint
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The father's advice explicitly identifies lust with fire and continence with
water poured upon it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: high
cautions: This is a metaphorical moral image rather than an enacted mythic episode.
- id: motif:4
label: Afterlife punishment in hellish flames
taxonomy_refs:
- divine_judgment
basis: The passage refers to the flames of hell as punishment in the next world.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
confidence: medium
cautions: A judging deity or detailed judgment scene is not present in the passage.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 4239-4241
quote_or_summary: Ten people share one joint of meat, while two dogs snarl over
a whole carcass.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/persian/project-gutenberg/gulistan-sadi-ross.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 4241-4245
quote_or_summary: The greedy man is not satisfied by the world or the globe's produce,
while the temperate man is content with bread.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/persian/project-gutenberg/gulistan-sadi-ross.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short summary used.
- id: ev:3
type: quote
locator: lines 4245-4250
quote_or_summary: 'The father gives sage advice: "Lust is a fire" and one should
pour "the water of continence" upon it to avoid hellish flames in the next world.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/persian/project-gutenberg/gulistan-sadi-ross.md
rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: high
notes: Literal extraction is straightforward. Motif assignment is cautious because
the passage is moral-didactic rather than mythic narrative, and no external comparisons
are made.
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; no comparison claims were added because the passage itself does not support a specific cross-text comparison.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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