The Artistic Features of Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals

Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals is a theoretical work produced at the end of the Warring States Period. Due to the hands of many people, its style is not completely unified. However, some of these articles are concise and short, with plain and fluent style and vivid reasoning, which can still be called excellent literary prose. For example, the article "Respect yourself" is about how important your life is. First, people love their fingers instead of their fingers, and people love their own jade instead of Kunshan jade. Language is simple and sincere. The article "Returning to the Public" is about the truth that "a sage ruling the world must first serve the public". He first put forward an argument, and then illustrated it with concrete examples such as Jing Ren's bow-keeping and Huan Gong's question to Guan Zhong. The narrative is lively. Others, such as Guisheng, User, Shunmin, Zhengming, Chazhuan and Si Shun, also have their own characteristics. The article "Da Le" is about the generation, essence and function of music. The language is concise and fluent, which is quite in the style of "Laozi". Some of them are rhyming prose with sound and rhythm.

Another outstanding literary achievement of Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals is the creation of colorful fables. According to preliminary statistics, there are more than 200 fables in the book. Most of these fables are based on ancient myths, legends and stories in China, and some of them are created by the authors themselves, which occupies a very important position in the history of China fables. Lv's Spring and Autumn Annals has its own characteristics in the creation and application of fables. It often puts forward an argument first, and then quotes one or several fables to prove it. For example, the article "Urgent Affairs" first puts forward the dangers of improper discrimination, faith, courage and law, and then uses four fables to illustrate the truth: stealing the Tao, Chu has a bow, Qi people have courage, and Tai Shi has the law. In order to illustrate the idea of "adapting to the times", there are three fables behind Cha Jin: "Harmony between Jing and Man", "Carving a boat to seek a sword" and "Leading a baby into the river". For example, "Carving a Boat for a Sword": "Some Chu people waded into the river and their swords fell into the water from the boat, so they made an agreement with the people on the boat and said,' My sword fell from above. The ship stopped at the destination, and the Chu people jumped into the water from the marked place to find the sword. The boat can, but not the sword. Wouldn't it be confusing to ask about the sword? "The fable of this book is vivid and concise, with a prominent center and a broken ending.