batch.motif.persian-sadi-gulistan-ross-gutenberg-l4466-l4491
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record_id: batch.motif.persian-sadi-gulistan-ross-gutenberg-l4466-l4491
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/persian/project-gutenberg/gulistan-sadi-ross.md
passage_locator:
label: XXXIX / XLVII / XLVIII / LXIII; lines 4466-4491
start: '4466'
end: '4491'
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: ''
summary: Four aphoristic sections counsel against suddenly alienating a long-conciliated
friend, compare reason enthralled by passion to a man ruled by an artful woman,
state that intellect and firmness must be joined before dominion, and prefer a
spending, giving sinner to a begging, hoarding devotee.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A friend who has taken a long time to conciliate should not be alienated suddenly.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: A stone is said to change into a ruby over many years and should not be destroyed
at once by striking it against another stone.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: Reason is described as enthralled by passion.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: Reason's enthrallment by passion is compared to an uxorious man in the hands
of an artful woman.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:5
text: A dwelling where the scolding voice of a woman is heard is associated with
shutting the door of joy.
category: setting
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:6
text: Intellect without firmness is called craft and chicanery.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:7
text: Firmness without intellect is called perverseness and obstinacy.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:8
text: Prudence, good sense, and discrimination are placed before dominion.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:9
text: The dominion and good fortune of the ignorant are called the armor of rebellion
against God.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:10
text: A sinner who spends and gives away is said to be better than a devotee who
begs and lays by.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: friend
description: A friend whom others take an age to conciliate and are warned not to
alienate at once.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: reason
description: Reason is described as enthralled by passion.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: passion
description: Passion is the force by which reason is enthralled.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: uxorious man
description: A man used as an analogy for reason under passion, being in the hands
of an artful woman.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: artful woman
description: A woman who holds the uxorious man in her hands in the analogy.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: intellect
description: Intellect is described as craft and chicanery when not joined with
firmness.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:7
name_or_label: firmness
description: Firmness is described as perverseness and obstinacy when not joined
with intellect.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:8
name_or_label: ignorant
description: The ignorant are associated with dominion and good fortune that become
armor of rebellion against God.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:9
name_or_label: sinner
description: A sinner who spends and gives away.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: fig:10
name_or_label: devotee
description: A devotee who begs and lays by.
role_refs:
- role:7
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
roles:
- id: role:1
label: long-conciliated relationship
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The friend has taken an age to conciliate and should not be alienated suddenly.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:2
label: enthralled figure
assigned_to:
- fig:2
- fig:4
basis: Reason is enthralled by passion as the uxorious man is in the hands of an
artful woman.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:3
label: enthralling figure
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:5
basis: Passion enthralls reason, and the artful woman holds the uxorious man in
the analogy.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: role:4
label: paired qualities requiring union
assigned_to:
- fig:6
- fig:7
basis: Intellect without firmness and firmness without intellect are both criticized.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:5
label: unfit possessor of dominion
assigned_to:
- fig:8
basis: The dominion and good fortune of the ignorant are described as armor of rebellion
against God.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:6
label: generous wrongdoer
assigned_to:
- fig:9
basis: The sinner spends and gives away and is judged better than the hoarding devotee.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:7
label: hoarding religious figure
assigned_to:
- fig:10
basis: The devotee begs and lays by and is judged worse than the giving sinner.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: stone becoming ruby
literal_form: A stone changes into a ruby over a series of years.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:2
label: stone striking stone
literal_form: A ruby-like stone can be destroyed at once by dashing it against another
stone.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: sym:3
label: door of joy
literal_form: The door of joy may be shut upon a dwelling where a scolding voice
is heard.
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:4
label: armor of rebellion
literal_form: Dominion and good fortune of the ignorant are called the armor of
rebellion against God.
associated_figures:
- fig:8
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:5
label: giving and laying by
literal_form: The sinner spends and gives away, while the devotee begs and lays
by.
associated_figures:
- fig:9
- fig:10
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Preserving a slowly won friend
summary: The aphorism warns that a friend won over through long effort should not
be lost suddenly, using the image of a stone becoming a ruby over time and being
destroyed by impact.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Reason enthralled by passion
summary: The aphorism says reason is enthralled by passion and likens this to an
uxorious man under the power of an artful woman; it adds that joy departs from
a dwelling marked by scolding.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: scene:3
label: Intellect and firmness before dominion
summary: The aphorism contrasts intellect without firmness and firmness without
intellect, then says prudence, sense, and discrimination should precede dominion
because ignorant dominion becomes rebellion against God.
figure_refs:
- fig:6
- fig:7
- fig:8
symbol_refs:
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: scene:4
label: Generous sinner and hoarding devotee
summary: The aphorism ranks a sinner who spends and gives above a devotee who begs
and stores up.
figure_refs:
- fig:9
- fig:10
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: practical moral wisdom through aphoristic contrast
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The passage consists of concise moral maxims about preserving friendship,
governing reason and passion, joining intellect with firmness, and judging generosity
above hoarding piety.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: This is a broad motif-family assignment based on didactic content rather
than a narrative episode.
- id: motif:2
label: paired opposition of qualities and persons
taxonomy_refs:
- duality
basis: 'The passage repeatedly uses contrasts: friend won over slowly versus alienated
suddenly, reason versus passion, intellect versus firmness, and generous sinner
versus hoarding devotee.'
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage uses rhetorical opposition, not a developed cosmological or
mythic dualism.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: LXIII; lines 4466-4471
quote_or_summary: A long-conciliated friend should not be alienated at once; a stone
that becomes a ruby over years should not be destroyed by striking another stone.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/persian/project-gutenberg/gulistan-sadi-ross.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: LXIV; lines 4472-4477
quote_or_summary: Reason is enthralled by passion as an uxorious man is in the hands
of an artful woman; a dwelling with a scolding woman's voice is associated with
the shutting of joy's door.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/persian/project-gutenberg/gulistan-sadi-ross.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: LXV; lines 4478-4486
quote_or_summary: Intellect without firmness and firmness without intellect are
both criticized; prudence, sense, and discrimination should precede dominion,
while ignorant dominion is called armor of rebellion against God.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/persian/project-gutenberg/gulistan-sadi-ross.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: LXVI; lines 4487-4491
quote_or_summary: A sinner who spends and gives away is judged better than a devotee
who begs and lays by.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/persian/project-gutenberg/gulistan-sadi-ross.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: Literal extraction is straightforward from the supplied aphorisms. Motif
labels are broad because the passage is didactic and non-narrative. No comparison
claims were made because the passage itself does not support a specific 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: |-
Used only the provided passage and metadata. Available symbol taxonomy did not include stone, ruby, door, armor, or gift/hoard imagery, so symbol taxonomy references are empty.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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