31. He became one of the Master's most loyal and closest students, frequently mentioned in the " Analects ". 32. In the " Analects ", he is depicted as brave and rash, intolerant of learning but ready for action. 33. In " Analects " 8.19 he says that the lives of the sages and their communion with Tian are interwoven. 34. The earliest known commentary on " Guan ju " is contained in the " Analects ", and is attributed to Confucius. 35. He could fluently recite the " Analects " and " Spring and Autumn Annals " when he was just 11. 36. I feel that this is spurious however, and I couldn't find anything in the Analects that says anything to this regard. 37. The rain dance ( ��? w?y?) platform is mentioned in many ancient texts including the " Analects " of Confucius. 38. Academic access to the Pyongyang " Analects " has been highly restricted, and no academic study on it was published until 2009. 39. While in Cairo, he wrote a book in Arabic about Islam in China, and translated the " Analects " into Arabic. 40. In 489 BCE, Confucius visited Shen Zhuliang in Ye, and their conversations were recorded in the " Analects of Confucius ".
