Spring and Autumn Annals

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Chinese classic text Confucian classic historical chronicle

The Spring and Autumn Annals is an ancient Chinese chronicle of the State of Lu that became a foundational Confucian classic, studied for its terse historical records and moral-political interpretations.

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Spring and Autumn Annals canonical 6
Chunqiu (Spring and Autumn Annals) 1
Spring and Autumn Annals of the state of Lu 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese classic text ⓘ
Confucian classic ⓘ
historical chronicle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Chunqiu ⓘ
associatedConcept subtle wording as praise and blame ⓘ
associatedState State of Lu ⓘ
associatedWith State of Lu’s official records ⓘ
moral judgment of history ⓘ
canonicalStatus core text in the Confucian canon ⓘ
commentaryTradition Gongyang Commentary ⓘ
Guliang Commentary ⓘ
Zuo Zhuan ⓘ
surface form: Zuo Commentary
compiledFrom Lu court chronicles ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ancient China ⓘ
earliestEntryYear 722 BC ⓘ
focus diplomatic events ⓘ
military events ⓘ
natural disasters ⓘ
political events ⓘ
ritual events ⓘ
genre annals ⓘ
chronicle ⓘ
hasCommentary Gongyang Commentary ⓘ
surface form: Chunqiu Gongyangzhuan

Chunqiu Guliangzhuan ⓘ
Zuo Zhuan ⓘ
surface form: Chunqiu Zuozhuan
historicalPeriod Spring and Autumn period ⓘ
influenced Chinese historiography ⓘ
Confucian political thought ⓘ
Japanese Confucianism ⓘ
Korean Confucianism ⓘ
language Classical Chinese ⓘ
latestEntryYear 481 BC ⓘ
length about 16,000 characters ⓘ
originalTitle Spring and Autumn period ⓘ
surface form: 春秋
partOf Five Classics ⓘ
periodCovered 722 BC–481 BC ⓘ
philosophicalInterpretation Han dynasty Confucian synthesis ⓘ
surface form: New Text Confucianism

Old Text Confucianism ⓘ
primaryTheme legitimacy of political authority ⓘ
moral evaluation of rulers and states ⓘ
regionOfInfluence East Asia ⓘ
religiousTradition Confucianism ⓘ
structure chronological entries ⓘ
studiedBy Confucian scholars ⓘ
studiedIn Chinese imperial examination system ⓘ
surface form: Imperial examination system
timeOfCompilation late Spring and Autumn period ⓘ
traditionallyAttributedTo Confucius ⓘ
usedFor education of scholar-officials ⓘ
writingStyle laconic ⓘ
terse ⓘ

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Confucius → workAttributed → Spring and Autumn Annals ⓘ
Chinese imperial examination system → coreText → Spring and Autumn Annals ⓘ
State of Lu → associatedWithText → Spring and Autumn Annals ⓘ
Old Chinese → coreText → Spring and Autumn Annals ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zuo Zhuan
Spring and Autumn period → namedAfter → Spring and Autumn Annals ⓘ
Spring and Autumn period → chronologyDefinedBy → Spring and Autumn Annals ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spring and Autumn Annals of the state of Lu
Spring and Autumn period → documentedIn → Spring and Autumn Annals ⓘ
Ancient China → literaryWork → Spring and Autumn Annals ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chunqiu (Spring and Autumn Annals)
Dong Zhongshu → influencedBy → Spring and Autumn Annals ⓘ