Zuo Tradition / Zuozhuan: Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals Volume 1 Volume 1

by Zuo Qiuming

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295999179
• ISBN13: 9780295999173
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 800 Pages
• Weight: 1.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher