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Author Plaks, Andrew

Title Zuo Tradition : Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals / Zuozhuan
Published Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (2243 pages)
Series Classics of Chinese Thought Ser
Classics of Chinese Thought Ser
Summary "Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan; sometimes called The Zuo Commentary) is China's first great work of history. It consists of two interwoven texts: the Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiu, a terse annalistic record) and a vast web of narratives and speeches that add context and interpretation to the Annals. Completed by about 300 BCE, it is the longest and one of the most difficult texts surviving from pre-imperial times. It has been as important to the foundation and preservation of Chinese culture as the historical books of the Hebrew Bible have been to the Jewish and Christian traditions. It has shaped notions of history, justice, and the significance of human action in the Chinese tradition, perhaps more so than any comparable work of Latin or Greek historiography with respect to Western civilization. This translation, accompanied by the original text with an introduction and annotations, will finally make Zuozhuan accessible to all"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Confucius. Chun qiu.
Confucius. Chun qiu
SUBJECT Chun qiu (Confucius) fast
Subject Zhou Dynasty (China)
Historiography
China -- History -- Zhou dynasty, 1122-221 B.C. -- Early works to 1800
China -- History -- Zhou dynasty, 1122-221 B.C. -- Historiography
Shandong Sheng (China) -- History -- Early works to 1800
Shandong Sheng (China) -- Historiography
China
China -- Shandong Sheng
Genre/Form Early works
History
Form Electronic book
Author Nylan, Michael
Durrant, Stephen
Li, Wai-yee
Schaberg, David
ISBN 9780295806730
0295806737