Borrowing other people's ideas to write your own novel is not considered plagiarism

Rewriting some of the sentences into your own words, is it considered plagiarism and copyright violation?
"Brother Tian! Brother Tian! Are you up yet? Uncle told us to gather quickly!" A childish noise came from outside the door, making the young man in the room unable to sleep anymore.
Boss! Boss! Are you sleeping again? The chief told us to gather at the training field. You're the only one left!" A loud shout came from outside the forest, waking up the young man who was still studying chess with the Duke of Zhou.
Is this considered plagiarism?

Answer 1

Borrowing other people's ideas to write his own novel was not technically plagiarism. Borrowing other people's ideas was only to transform other people's creativity or plot into his own language expression, not to directly copy other people's works.

However, if one borrowed other people's ideas and completely copied other people's works or directly applied other people's works to their own works, it might be regarded as plagiarism.

It was a common practice to borrow other people's ideas in the process of novel creation, but one had to be careful not to directly copy other people's works. Instead, one should transform it into one's own language and incorporate one's own thoughts and style into one's own works.