Spring and Autumn Commentary of Gongyang / Palm-sized Classics Series of the Thirteen Classics

Author: Gongyang Gao
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Publish Date: 1997-03-01
Features: The Commentary of Gongyang (《》) is also a work that explains the Spring and Autumn Annals, similar to the Commentary of Zuo (《》). According to the accounts of the Han Dynasty, it was first passed down from Confucius's student Zixia to Gongyang Gao, who then passed it to his son Ping. Ping passed it to his son Di, Di to his son Gan, and Gan to his son Shou—all through oral tradition. It was not until the reign of Emperor Jing of the Western Han Dynasty that Gongyang Shou and his disciple Hu Wuzi of Qi wrote it down on bamboo slips. The Commentary of Gongyang strongly advocates for the principle of unification and upholds the hierarchical relationship between the ruler and the subject. The Commentary of Gongyang adopts a question-and-answer format, and it holds certain value in the study of Chinese rhetoric, vocabulary, and grammar, making it worthy of further research and exploration.