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containing content matching the received text were recovered by the Anhui University and in Wangjiazui (???), which date back to before 300 BCE. The discoveries of these manuscripts confirmed that at least by the mid-Warring States period, the tradition of preserving and organizing Confucius' sayings had existed. Regardless of how early the text of the Analects existed, most Analects scholars believe that by the early Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) the book was widely known and transmitted

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