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{{short description|Followers of the Chinese philosopher Confucius}} According to [[Sima Qian]], [[Confucius]] said: "The disciples who received my instructions, and could themselves comprehend them, were seventy-seven individuals. They were all scholars of extraordinary ability." It was traditionally believed that Confucius had three thousand students, but that only 72 mastered what he taught. The following is a list of students who have been identified as Confucius's followers. Very little is known of most of Confucius's students, but some of them are mentioned in the ''[[Analects|Analects of Confucius]]''. Many of their biographies are recorded in the [[Sima Qian]]'s ''[[Records of the Grand Historian|Shiji]]''.<ref>Legge 112</ref> The [[Six Arts]] were practiced by the 72 disciples.<ref>{{cite book|title=Modern Chinese Religion I (2 vol.set): Song-Liao-Jin-Yuan (960β1368 AD)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y2DiBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA816|date=8 December 2014|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-27164-7|pages=816β}}</ref>
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