Whenever I see 献, I am reminded of 貢献、献金、献立, which implies a meaning of
"offering." I checked 文献 and it was defined as "literature, documents." It
seems to me that among the 熟語 with 献, this is the odd one out.

Can anyone shed light on the semantic contribution of 献 to 文献? Thank you.
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What is the semantic contribution of 献 to 文献?
From what I understand it's derived from 論語

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> [子曰：“夏礼，吾能言之，杞不足徵也；殷礼，吾能言之，宋不足徵也。文献不足故也，足则吾能徵之矣。”](https://ctext.org/analects/ba-
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And it originally meant "written records and wise men" (as opposed to just
written records), but the phrase is now used exclusively to refer to written
records.
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