The Zuo Zhuan (Chinese: 左傳; Wade-Giles: Tso Chuan), translated as the Chronicle of Zuo or the Commentary of Zuo, is the earliest Chinese work of narrative history and covers the period from 722 BCE to 468 BCE. Wade-Giles (ˌweɪdˈʤaɪlz) sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a Romanization system (phonetic notation and Transcription) for the Mandarin Events and trends 728 BC — Piye invades Egypt, conquering Memphis, and receives the submission of the rulers of the Nile Events By place Greece Sparta faces trouble near home chiefly from Arcadia with the support of Argos. It was traditionally attributed to Zuo Qiuming, as a commentary to the Spring and Autumn Annals, although many scholars believe it was an independent work that corresponded chronologically to the Annals and was later spliced into it. Zǔo Qīumíng ( fl 5th century BC) was a court writer of the State of Lu, and contemporary of Confucius during the Spring and Autumn period The Spring and Autumn Annals ( is the official chronicle of the State of Lu covering the period from 722 BCE to 481 BCE. Most notable modern scholars of this book, such as Yang Bojun (楊伯峻) hold that the work was compiled during the period of Warring States, and given the compilation of the date no later than 389 BCE. The Warring States Period ( also known as the Era of Warring States covers the period from some time in the 5th century BC to the unification of China by the Events By place Greece A Spartan expeditionary force under King Agesilaus II crosses the Gulf of Corinth to attack It is one of the most important sources for understanding the history during the Spring and Autumn period. The Spring and Autumn Period ( was a period in Chinese history which roughly corresponds to the first half of the Eastern Zhou dynasty (from the second half of the 8th century BC

The book also contains the earliest reference to weiqi (the go board game) under the section of 25th Year of Duke Xiang of Lu in Gregorian year of 548 BCE. Events and trends 546 BC — Croesus, Lydian king, is defeated by Cyrus of Persia near the River Halys

With its vivid and concise language, Zuo Zhuan is also a gem of classical Chinese prose. Classical Chinese or Literary Chinese is a traditional style of Written Chinese based on the Grammar and Vocabulary of ancient Chinese This work and Shiji were regarded as the ultimate models by many generations of prose stylists in ancient China. The Records of the Grand Historian, also known in English by the Chinese name 史記 or Shiji, written from 109 BC to 91 BC

References

• Yang Bojun (1990). The Annotation of Zuozhuan Chunqiu: On Preface. Beijing: Zhonghua Shuju. ISBN 7-101-00262-5.  
• Burton Watson (1989). The Tso chuan : selections from China's oldest narrative history. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-06714-3.  

External links

• Zuo Zhuan Fully searchable text (Chinese)
• The Zuozhuan Digital Concordance. by St. John Page and Isabel García Hidalgo, the English data is based on the full translation published by the 19th century English sinologist-missionary James Legge. Life James Legge was born at Huntly, Aberdeenshire, and educated at Aberdeen Grammar School and then Kings College Aberdeen. Missing sections not covered by Legge were translated by Page and added to cover the full text.
  
  

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