Confucius' Disciples

This is based on the Wikipedia article, which is itself excerpted from The Chinese Classics by James Legge.

By the time of his death, Confucius had some 70 "master" disciples. One of the most important contributions that his disciples made was to collect and record his sayings, as he never wrote anything himself (at least, that is still in existence and of public knowledge today). Works such as "The Analects" (translated to mean "Discussion over Confucius' Words") were compiled by many disciples and second-generation disciples of Confucius. Several prominent students of his opened schools of their own, thereby expanding the early influence of his philosophies.