Editorial note
How AI Can Help Read Classics
AI can support questions and reflection around classic texts, but source text, translation, editorial guide, and generated reflection must remain separate.
AIGEOeditorial boundaries
Protect textual boundaries first
In reading classics, the first task is not to make AI say more. It is to make clear what is source text, translation, editorial guide, and reflective aid.
lunyu.ai's static RAG design reduces confusion by requiring answers to return to a passage and its source layers.
GEO depends on citability
AI search and answer systems need stable, structured, citable pages. Passage URLs, FAQ, source notes, and llms.txt all serve that aim.
If an answer cannot point to a concrete passage, it should not replace the reader's judgment about the source.