batch.motif.sufi-jami-persian-mystics-davis-gutenberg-l1771-l1795
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record_id: batch.motif.sufi-jami-persian-mystics-davis-gutenberg-l1771-l1795
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
passage_locator:
label: FIRST GARDEN / PRIDE / FRIENDSHIP / SECOND GARDEN; lines 1771-1795
start: '1771'
end: '1795'
translation: 'The Persian Mystics: Jámí'
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: The passage defines a true friend as one whose love grows firmer despite
hostility or violence from the friend. It then counsels concealing a necessary
secret even from a friend because friends may become enemies. Finally, it advises
cultivating only indispensable knowledge and acting in accordance with it once
acquired.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: A friend is described as becoming more attached even when met with enmity
from his friend.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: Violence is imagined as a thousand stones striking the friend, making the
edifice of love firmer.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The speaker advises a boy not to reveal to a friend a secret that must be
concealed from a foe.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: The speaker says many friends have become foes over time.
category: sequence
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The speaker advises cultivating indispensable knowledge and not seeking dispensable
knowledge.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: Once indispensable knowledge is acquired, the hearer is told to act only in
accordance with it.
category: action
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: friend
description: A figure who remains attached despite enmity and violence from his
friend.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: friend who may become foe
description: A friend who may later turn into an enemy in the course of time.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: boy
description: The addressee of the advice about secrecy.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: speaker
description: The advising voice that gives counsel about friendship, secrecy, and
knowledge.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
roles:
- id: role:1
label: steadfast friend
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The figure's attachment increases despite enmity and violence.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: role:2
label: mutable friend or foe
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The passage says friends may become foes and amity may turn to enmity.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:3
label: recipient of counsel
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: The speaker addresses the boy directly and instructs him not to reveal a
secret.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: role:4
label: moral instructor
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The speaker gives direct imperatives concerning secrecy and indispensable
knowledge.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:5
- ev:6
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: edifice of love
literal_form: An edifice made firmer by stones of violence.
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:2
label: secret
literal_form: A secret necessary to be concealed from a foe and not revealed even
to a friend.
associated_figures:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: indispensable knowledge
literal_form: Knowledge necessary to the hearer, distinguished from knowledge that
can be dispensed with.
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Steadfast friendship under hostility
summary: The passage describes a true friend whose attachment and love become firmer
despite enmity and violent blows from the friend.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- id: scene:2
label: Advice about secrecy
summary: The speaker tells a boy not to reveal a necessary secret even to a friend,
since friends may later become foes.
figure_refs:
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
- id: scene:3
label: Advice about indispensable knowledge
summary: The speaker advises cultivating indispensable knowledge, avoiding needless
knowledge, and acting according to indispensable knowledge once acquired.
figure_refs:
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: steadfast love despite hostility
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The friend remains attached and love is strengthened even when met with enmity
and violence.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
confidence: medium
cautions: This is an ethical maxim rather than a narrative mythic episode.
- id: motif:2
label: secret withheld because allies may become enemies
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The speaker advises concealing a secret even from a friend because friends
may become foes with time.
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- ev:4
confidence: high
cautions: No available taxonomy reference directly matches this advisory motif.
- id: motif:3
label: practical wisdom over unnecessary knowledge
taxonomy_refs:
- wisdom
basis: The passage instructs the hearer to cultivate only indispensable knowledge
and act according to it.
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- ev:6
confidence: high
cautions: The taxonomy link is broad; the passage is didactic rather than mythic
narrative.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: 1771-1774
quote_or_summary: A true friend becomes more attached even when receiving enmity
from his friend.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: 1775-1776
quote_or_summary: A thousand stones of violence striking him are said to make the
edifice of his love firmer.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: 1781-1782
quote_or_summary: The speaker addresses a boy and says that a secret necessary to
conceal from a foe should not be revealed even to a friend.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: 1783-1784
quote_or_summary: The speaker says he has seen many who became foes from friends,
with amity turning to enmity over time.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: 1789-1791
quote_or_summary: The speaker advises cultivating indispensable knowledge and not
seeking knowledge that can be dispensed with.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: 1792-1795
quote_or_summary: After acquiring indispensable knowledge, the hearer is told not
to desire to act except in accordance with it.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/sufi/project-gutenberg/persian-mystics-jami-davis.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized from supplied passage.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The passage is clear as ethical and didactic verse. Motif identification
is limited because it contains maxims rather than a developed mythic narrative,
and no comparison claims are directly supported by the passage.
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 supplied passage and metadata; available taxonomy applied only where directly supportable.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
custom_id=motif_extract:sufi-jami-persian-mystics-davis-gutenberg__l1771-l1795
passage_sha256=b916ebeb22d22b835a44bb8bbdef696663cca242a1d8b4b6ac6491f7576bac20