源自隋侯白的“启颜录”
(from Qi Yan Lu written by Hou Bai during the Sui Dynasty)
Shi Dongtong is having a discussion with other doctors about the number of sages among Confucius' disciples. They agree there are 72 sages among a total of 3,000 disciples when Shi Dongtong adds that among those 72 sages, 30 were adults and 42 were underage. Being questioned about how he might be aware of that, he answers that it is so written (but in riddles) in the Analects.
• The Northern and Southern dynasties (南北朝) lasted from 420 to 589 A.D.
• The kingdom of Qi of the Northern Dynasties (北齐的国) lasted from 550 to 557 A.D.
• The Analects (论语) are considered a record of the words and acts of the central Chinese thinker and philosopher Confucius and his disciples, as well as the discussions they held.
