analects of Confucius;/em>, is a collection of sayings and ideas attributed to the Chinese philosopher < em> confucius and his contemporaries, traditionally believed to have been compiled and written by < em> confucius' followers. It is believed to have been written during the < em> warring states period (475 bc-221 BC), and it achieved its final form during the mid-han dynasty (206 bc-220 ad). by the early < em> han dynasty the < em> analects was considered merely a "commentary" On the five classics, but the status of the < em> analects grew to be one of the central texts of Confucianism by the end of that dynasty.