This paper expounds the artistic features of Zuo Zhuan.

Although Zuo Zhuan is not a literary work, in a broad sense, it is still China's first large-scale narrative work. Compared with any previous works, its narrative ability shows amazing development. Many complicated and changeable historical events can be handled in an orderly way, which is complicated but not chaotic. Among them, the description of war is particularly excellent.

The author is good at putting every battle in the context of great power hegemony. He wrote succinctly, rigorously and powerfully about the far and near causes of war, the combination changes of relations between countries, pre-war planning, the process of confrontation and the influence of war. This narrative ability is of great significance to later historical works and literary works.

And pay attention to the lively and interesting stories, and often use more detailed and vivid plots to express the image of the characters. Zuo Zhuan had a great influence on the writing of Warring States Policy and Historical Records in later generations, and formed a tradition of combining literature with history.

Although Zuozhuan is a historical work, it is different from Shangshu and Chunqiu. It is the most literary historical prose in the pre-Qin period. Its literary characteristics can be summarized as follows:

First, literary tailoring and the story of historical time.

Second, the characterization of the characters is vivid and three-dimensional.

Third, vivid scene description and vivid detail description.

Fourth, he is good at writing diplomatic rhetoric and managing financial affairs.

Extended data:

The creative background of Zuo Zhuan;

After Zhou Pingwang moved eastward, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the society changed rapidly, the class struggle was complicated and fierce, the slave owners and nobles declined day by day, and the landlord class rose gradually. In order to safeguard their respective interests, they must learn from historical experience and lessons and report to each other on major state affairs; Alliances will be hired and history will never be lost; Promote good and suppress evil, and write directly.

Therefore, historians all over the world have consciously accumulated a large number of archives to compile. At this time, the records of imperial edicts and memorabilia of dynasties and governors such as Shangshu and Chunqiu can no longer meet the needs of the new era.

As a result, a new historical work, such as Zuo Zhuan, Mandarin and Warring States Policy, appeared, which recorded the speeches of ministers and scholars of emerging classes and the political, diplomatic and military activities of vassal States.

A brief introduction to the author of Zuo Zhuan:

Zuo Qiuming was born in Lu at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period. Zuo Qiuming is learned and virtuous, and Confucius is ashamed. Grandmaster Sima Qian called him "the gentleman of Lu". Zuo Qiuming is a historian of past dynasties, and together with Confucius, he "studied the history of Zhou Dynasty".

Judging from a large number of historical materials of feudal countries such as Lu, Zuo Zhuan, the first chronicle with detailed records and incisive comments in ancient China, and Guoyu, the earliest existing national history, became the originator of historians.

Baidu encyclopedia-biography of Zuo Shi in Spring and Autumn Period