Winner of the Patrick D. Hanan Book Prize for Translation (China and Inner Asia), sponsored by the Association for Asian Studies
Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan; sometimes called The Zuo Commentary) is China’s first great work of history. It consists of two interwoven texts – the Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiu, a terse annalistic record) and a vast web of narratives and speeches that add context and interpretation to the Annals. Completed by about 300 BCE, it is the longest and one of the most difficult texts surviving from pre-imperial times. It has been as important to the foundation and preservation of Chinese culture as the historical books of the Hebrew Bible have been to the Jewish and Christian traditions. It has shaped notions of history, justice, and the significance of human action in the Chinese tradition perhaps more so than any comparable work of Latin or Greek historiography has done to Western civilization. This translation, accompanied by the original text, an introduction, and annotations, will finally make Zuozhuan accessible to all.
Tabella dei contenuti
Acknowledgments
Chronology of Dynasties
Reigns of Lords of the Domain of Lu
Map of the Major Domains and Peoples during the Spring and Autumn Period
Introduction
Chapter 1
On Reading and Anthologizing Zuozhuan
Chapter 2
Succession Struggles and Assassinations
Chapter 3
Women
Chapter 4
The Overlord: Chong’er, Lord Wen of Jin
Chapter 5
Warfare
Chapter 6
Ritual Propriety
Chapter 7
Temporal Order and the Arc of History
Chapter 8
Governance
Chapter 9
Law and Punishment
Chapter 10
The Tragedy of King Ling of Chu
Chapter 11
Two Famous Statesmen: Zichan and Yan Ying
Chapter 12
Diplomacy
Chapter 13
Confucius and His Disciples
Chapter 14
Dreams and Anomalies
Chapter 15
Cultural Others
Further Reading
Passage Index
Subject Index
Circa l’autore
David Schaberg is professor of Asian languages and culture and dean of humanities at UCLA. He is the author of A Patterned Past: Form and Thought in Early Chinese Historiography; and cotranslator of Zuo Traditions / Zuozhuan (University of Washington Press, 2017).
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