The Dingzhou "Analects" was damaged in a fire shortly after it was entombed in the Han dynasty. It was further damaged in an earthquake shortly after it was recovered, and the surviving text is just under half the size of the received text of the "Analects". Of the sections that survive, the Dingzhou "Analects" is shorter than the received "Analects", implying that the text of the "Analects" was still in the process of expansion when the Dingzhou "Analects" was entombed. There was evidence that "additions" may have been made to the manuscript after it had been completed, indicating that the writer may have become aware of at least one other version of the "Analects" and included "extra" material for the sake of completeness.