The Dingzhou '' Analects '' was damaged in a fire shortly after it was entombed in the Han dynasty . It was further damaged in an earthquake shortly after it was recovered , and the surviving text is just under half the size of the received text of the '' Analects '' . Of the sections that survive , the Dingzhou '' Analects '' is shorter than the received '' Analects '' , implying that the text of the '' Analects '' was still in the process of expansion when the Dingzhou '' Analects '' was entombed . There was evidence that " additions " may have been made to the manuscript after it had been completed , indicating that the writer may have become aware of at least one other version of the '' Analects '' and included " extra " material for the sake of completeness
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1976 Tangshan earthquake
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