What is Chunqiu?

The Spring and Autumn Annals, also known as Lin Jing or Lin Shi, is one of the six Confucian classics in ancient China. It is also the national history of Lu in the Zhou Dynasty, and the existing version was revised by Confucius.

The earliest existing chronological history books in China. One of the six Confucian classics. This book was compiled and edited by Confucius according to the records of the Historian of the State of Lu and the lineage of the monarch of the State of Lu. It arranges historical events by year, hour, month and day, shows the four seasons in the Spring and Autumn Period, and creates a precedent for chronological style. Mencius, Historical Records and Hanshu all recorded the fact that Confucius wrote Chunqiu.

Confucius' Spring and Autumn Annals is a political work, which contains the author's profound political thoughts, which is the unanimous view of scholars from pre-Qin Meng and Xun to Han Ma and Ban. After the Han Dynasty, Confucian classics declined, and scholars began to regard Chunqiu as a historical work, which triggered a long-term debate on the nature of Chunqiu.

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Some arguments about Spring and Autumn Annals;

1, the traditional Confucian scholar's point of view, that is, Spring and Autumn Annals is a political work, is held by scholars from Pipi and Korea, Xu, Hu Shi and others.

2. Classical scholars and modern scholars in China hold the view that The Spring and Autumn Annals is a historical work, while classical scholars in China such as Du Yu, scholars, Qian, Gu Jiegang and Liu Jie insist on this view.

3. The theory of harmony, that is, the Spring and Autumn Annals "is also a history", and those who hold this view are like Qian Mu and others. As for the statement of "learning from the classics and learning history", Qian Mu thinks that "Spring and Autumn Annals" is also a statement of "learning from the classics and history", because there is no distinction between classics and history in ancient times, and the distinction between classics and history is only a concept of later generations.

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