"Zuo Zhuan" is also called "Zuo Shi Chun Qiu". Like "Lu Shi Chun Qiu" and "Yan Zi Chun Qiu", it is also a chronicle of our country. In the Jin Dynasty, there was a man named Du Yu. He wrote a "Collected Commentary of the Spring and Autumn Classics" and combined it with "Spring and Autumn" into a book called "The Biography of the Zuo Family in the Spring and Autumn Period". This book is also the oldest book in ancient my country. It is a very important classic, but many people do not know who its author is, and there have been many different opinions about his author from ancient times to the present. In our country's ancient classics, Sima Qian was probably the first to mention Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals.
Because he said in his works that Confucius wrote "Spring and Autumn" first, Zuo Qiuming was afraid that Confucius's students would misunderstand his work, so it was called "Chuan". Therefore, some people may think that "Zuo Zhuan" may be the work of Zuo Qiuming. After all, Zuo Qiuming also has the surname Zuo. "Zuo Zhuan" also represents the highest achievement of learning at that time, and it is also a very important document for us to study the history of Pre-Qin and the Spring and Autumn Period.
Zuo Zhuan mainly records the prosperity and decline of the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty. It also records many rules and regulations at that time, including etiquette, social customs, ethnic relations, customs and culture, etc. It also records some ancient myths and legends, documents and many songs. Therefore, it is not just a historical work, it is also an excellent literary work and very readable. For people today, it is very helpful for everyone to learn history and understand the history and culture at that time, as well as some national cultures at that time, etc.
And it not only records the rise and fall of some dynasties, but also describes some wars at that time in very detail. The characters in this book are also very detailed, regardless of Both the text and the story are very visual. Therefore, the book "Zuo Zhuan" is not a very difficult historical work as everyone thinks.