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==Terminology==

*New Texts

: Confucian classics that were reconstructed from surviving copies, scraps, and memories in the early Han dynasty. The ''[[Gongyang Zhuan]]'' and ''[[Guliang Zhuan]]'' commentaries and the ''[[Classic of Rites]]'' are called New Texts.

*Old Texts

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*Forged Old Texts

: This only concerns the ''[[Classic of History]]''. During the [[Jin Dynasty (265–420)]], Méi Zé (梅賾), a minor official discovered a preface by Kong Anguo and 25 chapters that he claimed were the Old Texts. Suspicions emerged during the [[Song dynasty]] but it was not proven until [[Yan Ruoju]] circulated his thesis in the [[Qing dynasty]]. Recent archaeological recoveries of ancient classics have backed Yan. [[Huangfu Mi]] or [[Wang Su]] are suspected as the forger.

*Received Texts