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noun - a collection of excerpts from a literary work
Selections from or parts of a literary work or group of works.
noun - selections from a literary work or group of works
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| Selections from or parts of a literary work or group of works. Often used as a title. |
| a collection of short literary or philosophical extracts. |
| a collection of excerpts from a literary work |
| A collection of short literary or philosophical extracts. |
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The Analects (Chinese: ; Old Chinese: *run (r)a; pinyin: lúny; literally: "Edited Conversations"), also known as the Analects of Confucius, is a collection of sayings and ideas attributed to the Chinese philosopher Confucius and his contemporaries, traditionally believed to have been compiled and written by Confucius's followers. It is believed to have been written during the Warring States period (475221 BC), and it achieved its final form during the mid-Han dynasty (206 BC220 AD). By the early Han dynasty the Analects was considered merely a "commentary" on the Five Classics, but the status of the Analects grew to be one of the central texts of Confucianism by the end of that dynasty. * During the late Song dynasty (9601279) the importance of the Analects as a philosophy work was raised above that of the older Five Classics, and it was recognized as one of the "Four Books". The Analects has been one of the most widely read and studied books in China for the last 2,000 years, and conti |