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More specifically, it seems clear that different written collections of Laozi sayings circulated among the educated elite during the fourth century B.C.E.
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His anecdotal abilities were well known, both at the University and in the geophysics community and many Byerly stories and wise sayings have circulated widely.
On the other hand, it could also mean that the editor(s) or compiler(s) had access to disparate sayings originated from and circulated in different contexts.
(Though some sayings known to the editors of the Yerushalmi also circulated among those of the Bavli).
The rise of the Hasidic sect in eastern Europe at the end of the 18th century engendered a host of legends (circulated mainly through chapbooks) concerning the lives, wise sayings, and miracles of tzaddiqim, or masters, such as Israel ben Eliezer, "the Besht" (1700 60), and Dov Baer of Meseritz (died 1772).
As Michael LaFargue emphasizes, oral tradition need not refer to the sayings of one person; it functions rather as a reservoir of "aphorisms," which were circulated among like-minded "Laoist" scholars and formed the basis of the Daodejing (1992, 197).
Fliers circulated.
Rumors circulated.
Someone circulated with tea.
Not even taxis circulated.
Her post circulated quickly.
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