Gongyang Commentary

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The Gongyang Commentary is an influential Han dynasty Confucian exegesis on the Spring and Autumn Annals that interprets the classic as a subtle vehicle for moral and political principles.

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Chunqiu Gongyangzhuan 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese philosophical text
Confucian classic commentary
Han dynasty text
exegetical work
aimsTo reveal Confucius’s political intentions in the Spring and Autumn Annals
associatedWith Dong Zhongshu NERFINISHED
associatedWithSchool Confucianism NERFINISHED
commentaryOn Spring and Autumn Annals NERFINISHED
concernedWith cosmic and political correlations
hierarchy and social order
legitimacy of rulership
ritual propriety
contrastedWith Guliang Commentary NERFINISHED
Zuo Commentary NERFINISHED
developedInPeriod Han dynasty NERFINISHED
emphasizes Confucius as moral legislator
hidden meanings in the Spring and Autumn Annals
focusesOn moral principles
political principles
genre Annals commentary
hasTitle Gongyang Zhuan NERFINISHED
Gongyang zhuan NERFINISHED
公羊傳 NERFINISHED
historicalContext early imperial China
inCanon part of the Confucian exegetical tradition
influenced Dong Zhongshu NERFINISHED
Han dynasty political thought
New Text Confucianism NERFINISHED
Qing dynasty New Text movement NERFINISHED
later Chinese political philosophy
interpretsAs subtle vehicle for moral teaching
subtle vehicle for political teaching
language Classical Chinese
method allegorical interpretation
moralizing historiography
originatedIn China NERFINISHED
partOf Three Commentaries on the Spring and Autumn Annals NERFINISHED
philosophicalOrientation reformist Confucianism
schoolAffiliation Gongyang school of Confucianism NERFINISHED
traditionallyAttributedTo Gongyang Gao NERFINISHED
transmission New Text tradition
transmittedBy Gongyang school NERFINISHED
usedFor historical interpretation
ritual interpretation
statecraft theory
viewOnConfucius presents Confucius as author-editor of the Spring and Autumn Annals
viewOnSpringAndAutumn treats the Spring and Autumn Annals as a work of praise and blame

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Spring and Autumn Annals commentaryTradition Gongyang Commentary
Spring and Autumn Annals hasCommentary Gongyang Commentary
this entity surface form: Chunqiu Gongyangzhuan