Guoyu

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Guoyu is an ancient Chinese historical text that records speeches and events of various states during the Spring and Autumn period.

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Guoyu (Discourses of the States) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese classic text
ancient Chinese historical text
historical narrative
associatedWithText Zuo Zhuan NERFINISHED
category Chinese historiography
pre-Qin literature
circulation transmitted as part of the Confucian textual tradition
compiledBefore Zuo Zhuan (according to some scholars) NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Ancient China NERFINISHED
hasCommentaryTradition yes
hasForm anecdotal historical accounts
collection of speeches
hasTitle Discourses of the States NERFINISHED
Guo Yu NERFINISHED
國語
historicalValue source for early Chinese political thought
source for early Chinese rhetoric
includedIn Chinese classics curriculum (traditional)
includesState Chu NERFINISHED
Jin NERFINISHED
Lu NERFINISHED
Qi NERFINISHED
Wu NERFINISHED
Yue NERFINISHED
Zheng NERFINISHED
Zhou NERFINISHED
influenced Confucian scholarship
later Chinese historiography
language Classical Chinese NERFINISHED
literaryGenre historical prose
rhetorical speeches
mainSubject history of the Spring and Autumn period
political events of various states
speeches of rulers and ministers
numberOfBooks 21
philosophicalThemes moral governance
ritual and propriety
statecraft
preservedIn Siku Quanshu NERFINISHED
structure organized by state
timePeriodDescribed 770–476 BCE (approximate)
Spring and Autumn period NERFINISHED
traditionalAuthorshipAttributedTo Zuo Qiuming NERFINISHED
usedAsSourceBy Han dynasty scholars

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State of Jin chronicleSource Guoyu
this entity surface form: Guoyu (Discourses of the States)
ancient State of Chen mentionedIn Guoyu
subject surface form: State of Chen