Plagiarism, and in large sections?

Facing this person's accusation, Lin Jie furrowed his brow.

The content of this book series was summarized and refined by Lin Jie based on the vast medical knowledge in his mind, and it's a re-creation on the foundation of existing medical knowledge.

Though Lin Jie did not present any new viewpoints or notable discoveries in this medical series, such re-processing and re-creation of knowledge is permitted in academia.

Moreover, the specific references mentioned in Lin Jie's text are annotated in the footnotes.

Additionally, in the annotations of each chapter, Lin Jie briefly reviewed distinguished past and present scholars' research in the respective areas and provided some bibliographies.

"Expert Lin, I have listened to your lecture recording regarding the heart."

The voice of the bespectacled man sounded again, "At that time, I noticed that there were large sections in your lecture materials similar to the contents in my monograph."

"Though you did not mention my monograph or my name in the lecture recordings, I was quite pleased. Because this indicates that you have read my book and acknowledged the content of my monograph."

"Moreover, since you were teaching the book content to the top medical students domestically, I tolerated it and let it pass."

"But..."

The bespectacled man's tone shifted, filled with righteous indignation: "Expert Lin, you compiled and published the similar content into a book, and profited from it, yet you still did not note the source of the references."

"Such unnotified use makes it very hard for me to endure."

"Expert Lin, now you are quite renowned, but plagiarizing others' research results would make one despised in academia and carry that stain for a lifetime..."

The small auditorium with hundreds fell silent as if the air had frozen, with only the sound of the person's accusations echoing all around.

Lin Jie knew that if he couldn't resolve this satisfactorily today, the class couldn't continue.

He spoke up: "You accuse me of plagiarizing your medical research monograph; you surely have concrete evidence, don't you?"

"Of course!"

The bespectacled man walked to the podium, took a book and a laptop from his briefcase.

He glanced at Lin Jie, raised the book, and said: "Dear students, this is the medical monograph 'Anatomy of Congenital Heart Defects' that I published five years ago."

"Because it was self-published, there are not many copies, and it's rarely circulated in the market. If anyone wishes to verify, you can contact me later, and I will send a copy after returning."

The person suddenly seemed to recall, exclaimed "Oh," and apologetically said: "I forgot to introduce myself. I am Yue Zuoguang, Associate Professor at Mingzhou Medical University and Master Supervisor in Clinical Medicine."

This Professor Yue Zuoguang very proudly stated: "I also spent a year as an exchange scholar at the Mayo Clinic."

He opened his laptop, turned to Lin Jie, and feignedly asked: "Expert Lin, do you mind if I use the classroom's projector to display the evidence, and let the present students judge?"

"Sure, go ahead!" Lin Jie gritted his teeth and replied.

A moment later, a PPT document was projected onto the screen using the projector.

Yue Zuoguang proudly explained: "This is from page 134, second paragraph of the cardiac volume in Expert Lin's medical series, describing a segment on congenital single ventricle in children."

"This is my relevant description in the medical monograph. Please take a close look."

Lin Jie looked up and was momentarily stunned.

While the wording and expression slightly differed in these two paragraphs, the content and description of the anatomical symptoms were overall not too different.

Objectively speaking, Lin Jie felt it would not be excessive to judge this paragraph as similar.

Noticing Lin Jie's tensed expression, Yue Zuoguang laughed mockingly and said: "This paragraph might be excused as great minds think alike, but what about this paragraph, and this one..."

"Or even this paragraph..."

Yue Zuoguang successively presented seven or eight similar comparisons together.

A buzzing noise gradually filled the small auditorium, with a tendency to get louder.

Seeing many students casting skeptical gazes at Lin Jie, Yue Zuoguang displayed a victorious smile and loudly proclaimed: "All present are students of medicine; you surely understand that cardiac defects are masterpieces of nature."

"Just as there are no two identical leaves, there are no two identical cardiac defect patients. But why is it that in Expert Lin's book, the examples illustrated for cardiac defect symptoms are not too different from the descriptions in my monograph?"

"Expert Lin, please give me a reasonable explanation in front of your admiring students!!"

Lin Jie shook his head gently, unable to resist...

Laughed!

He walked to the center of the podium and looked at Yue Zuoguang, saying: "If you had only provided one comparison, it would indeed be difficult for me to give you an explanation. But since you've presented so many comparable sections, I can actually give you a quite justifiable explanation now."

"Let me ask first, Professor Yue, you mentioned you worked as an exchange scholar at the Mayo Clinic for a year."

Yue Zuoguang proudly said, "Of course, it's a very commendable part of my resume. I am neither hiding nor exaggerating it; this is something that truly happened."

Lin Jie responded with a slight "Oh" and asked, "That's good, then. Do you know Joanne Kelly from the cardiothoracic surgery department at the Mayo Clinic?"

Upon hearing this name, Yue Zuoguang's expression changed.

He adjusted his glasses on the bridge of his nose and calmly said, "Of course I know Joanne Kelly, the chief doctor of the Cardiac Surgery Department at the Mayo Clinic. She's an Asian who I deeply respect as a doctor."

"Unfortunately, heaven is jealous of outstanding people!"

With a regretful face, Yue Zuoguang said, "If she hadn't died in a traffic accident, she would definitely have become one of the world's best cardiac surgeons."

"Expert Lin, what is your intention in suddenly bringing her up?"

Yue Zuoguang demanded harshly, "Please don't mislead or evade. Directly respond to my question."

Seeing him still putting up a stubborn resistance, Lin Jie sneered and said, "Bringing up Doctor Joanne Kelly is closely related to the explanation you seek."

"If you thoroughly read the heart volume, you'll find toward the end a fairly detailed review of Ms. Joanne Kelly's medical research."

"Professor Yue, my understanding of Ms. Joanne Kelly goes far beyond yours."

"I can confidently say that it's not just a superficial understanding."

Lin Jie said coldly, "I even know that over six years ago, Ms. Joanne Kelly held a lecture covering various anatomical structures and solutions for heart defects."

Upon hearing this, the color drained from Yue Zuoguang's face.

He involuntarily took a step back, distancing himself from Lin Jie.

Lin Jie continued, "At that time, there were not only around seventy or eighty but at least fifty or sixty medical personnel present for that lecture."

"Professor Yue, guess, could I contact one or several of them to authenticate whether your book, 'Anatomy of Congenital Heart Defects,' bears any resemblance to Ms. Joanne Kelly's lecture?"

"You... you..."

Yue Zuoguang pointed at Lin Jie, stammering for a moment, and then suddenly said indignantly, "You are on the rise now, with a status and position far higher than mine, of course, you can contact many people to attest falsely on your behalf."

"I... I can't afford to provoke you, but I... can avoid you..."

After saying this, Yue Zuoguang hastily packed up his laptop and books and angrily left the small auditorium.

After a moment of silence, the small auditorium erupted with loud laughter and ridicule...

As such a petty man retreated, Lin Jie's face remained calm, but he began to communicate in his mind with Shen Lanruo.

"Sister Lanruo, I never expected a hypocrite who plagiarized your lecture content to confront me."

"This also brought to my attention a concern. As my fame rises, I might encounter people familiar with you, or even your colleagues, head-on."

Lin Jie asked with some concern, "Sister Lanruo, do you think they might deduce anything from my surgical skills, treatment plans..."

He then remembered something and regretted his previous showiness, stating, "And that prescription handwriting inherited from you, when these aspects connect, could they figure something out?"

After a moment of silence, Shen Lanruo's gentle voice echoed, "Your surgical skills and style, though largely inherited from me, also incorporate characteristics and strengths of Dr. Siselda, Dr. Klan, and Dr. Dadof."

"In the past six months, the surgeries you've performed, while not numerous, aren't scarce."

"These surgical techniques from different individuals have gradually merged within you. Especially in the recent few surgeries, I've noticed your growing proficiency in employing surgical skills, and the transitions of various surgical styles have become smoother and more effortless. To an exaggerated extent, you could be considered a style of your own."

"As for the prescription handwriting..."

Shen Lanruo snorted lightly, "Even a master copyist, without great effort, would only manage a similar semblance. With your poor writing foundation, your handwriting only resembles mine about forty to fifty percent."

"Considering the above, you need not worry about others deducing anything."

"Most importantly, do you think anyone would even believe such a thing? Would anyone even consider this possibility?"

Indeed, that is the case.

This is an absolutely blank area. No one would even think to make such an association.

Feeling assured, Lin Jie faced the still noisy small auditorium and couldn't help but cough forcefully a few times.

The auditorium quickly quieted down, and Lin Jie looked at the numerous students and softly said, "The clean can't be muddied, and the muddy can't be cleaned; let's not discuss it anymore."

"Now, let's begin the class..."

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