c. 500 BC–c. 201 BC
Early transmission and the Analects
Religion · Chinese traditions · Confucian traditions · Texts and transmission
Disciples, commentators and schools transmitted and reorganized sayings and rituals associated with Confucius. The composition and layers of the Analects remain debated; the interval represents a process of transmission.
Precision, calendar, and review
- Start
- century · approximate
- End
- century · approximate
- Dating in the source document
- ca. siglos V–III a. C.
- Calendar and convention
- Historical-era years; the source calendar is not identified. No conversion of days is assumed.
- Year zero
- The scale goes from 1 BCE to 1 CE without year zero. Changing era names changes labels only.
- Documentary review
- 2026-09-04
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Sources
- 1. B (opens in a new tab)
Source provenance and scope
- Publication date
- Not identified in metadata; document review pending
- Bibliographic date checked
- 2026-09-23
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- 2. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (opens in a new tab)
Source provenance and scope
- Publication date
- 2020-03-31
- What this date describes
- The cited source or edition; it may postdate the historical event.
- Source updated
- 2024-05-02
- Bibliographic date checked
- 2026-09-23
- Date evidence
- Declared in the cited source’s publisher metadata.
The correspondence between this reference and individual claims has not yet been itemized.
This record is an editorial synthesis. Consult the sources to check claims and their limits. Chronological relationships alone do not establish causation.