Spring and Autumn Annals of Zuo with Annotations (Volume 1 and 2)

Author: Chen Shuguo
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: The Spring and Autumn Annals is a classic text, while the Zuo Zhuan is merely a commentary. However, after the Tang Dynasty's Five Classics Rectification, all three commentaries on the Spring and Autumn Annals were elevated to the status of classics. Here is a preliminary note: The method I used in the early 1990s to collate and proofread the Four Books and Five Classics to create a plain text version has now been improved. The annotations in this edition follow the order of the twelve sovereigns in the Spring and Autumn Annals, with titles such as "Jing [Year]" and "Chuan [Year]." The "Present Annotations" separate the text of the classics from our annotations, while the "Original Text" distinguishes the text of the commentaries from our annotations. Since the passages of the classics are very short, except for the first year of Yin (the Spring and Autumn Annals year), which is a commentary (as the events recorded occurred before that year), the passages of any year, including Yin's, are presented together with the corresponding year's commentary without needing to be divided into layers or marked as "Original Text." Simply using "Present Annotations" to separate the text of the classics from the annotations is sufficient. This approach ensures that the original text of the Ruyin edition is neither altered nor deleted, while also preventing confusion between the classics and the commentaries, which should bring peace of mind. Many ancient texts consider the Spring and Autumn Annals to be the work of Confucius. As for the Zuo Zhuan, many ancient scholars attributed it to Zuo Qiuming. We have noted that there have been differing opinions on this matter for a long time, but we still believe that the above statements are largely true. This book is a standard edition of a classical masterpiece, published by Yue Lu Shu She.