Guliang Commentary

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The Guliang Commentary is an ancient Chinese exegesis on the Spring and Autumn Annals, offering a Confucian interpretive tradition that emphasizes moral and political lessons embedded in the terse historical text.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese classical text
Confucian classic commentary
exegetical work
aimsTo provide guidance for rulers and ministers
reveal moral judgments encoded in the Spring and Autumn Annals
associatedWithConcept Confucian rectification of names
Mandate of Heaven as reflected in historical narrative
associatedWithDynasty Han dynasty NERFINISHED
associatedWithSchool New Text school NERFINISHED
attributedTo Guliang Chi NERFINISHED
circulatedIn manuscript form in early China
commentaryOn Spring and Autumn Annals NERFINISHED
compiledBefore end of Western Han dynasty
emphasizes hierarchical social order
moral interpretation of historical events
political lessons
ritual propriety
field Chinese intellectual history
Chinese philology
classical exegesis
focusesOn ethical judgments implied by historical records
subtle wording of the Spring and Autumn Annals
genre historical commentary
philosophical commentary
hasAlternativeName Guliang Zhuan NERFINISHED
Guliangzhuan NERFINISHED
hasInfluenceOn later commentaries on the Spring and Autumn Annals
hasSiblingWork Gongyang Commentary NERFINISHED
Zuo Commentary NERFINISHED
highlights praise and blame through inclusion or omission of details
includedIn Siku Quanshu NERFINISHED
influenced Confucian political thought
interpretation of ritual and propriety in later scholarship
interprets chronological entries of the Spring and Autumn Annals
language Classical Chinese
laterPrintedIn woodblock editions
originCountry China NERFINISHED
partOf Three Commentaries on the Spring and Autumn Annals NERFINISHED
periodOfComposition Warring States period NERFINISHED
preservedIn various transmitted editions
structure question-and-answer format in many passages
studiedBy Confucian scholars
studiedIn Chinese classical education
tradition Confucianism NERFINISHED
transmissionBy disciples of Guliang Chi
transmittedAsPartOf Thirteen Classics NERFINISHED
usedIn imperial civil service examinations

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Spring and Autumn Annals commentaryTradition Guliang Commentary