Zuo Zhuan is an important book to record the social situation in the Spring and Autumn Period. The range of materials includes royal archives's and Lu's books, the history of vassal states, etc. It had an important influence on later historical literature. It mainly records the history of the decline of the royal family and the hegemony of princes in the Zhou Dynasty, and records and comments on various etiquette norms, laws and regulations, social customs, ethnic relations, moral concepts, astronomical geography, calendar seasons, ancient documents, myths and legends, and ballads.
Zuo Zhuan is an important document to study the history of pre-Qin and the history of Spring and Autumn. It represents the highest achievement of pre-Qin historiography and has a great influence on later historiography, especially on establishing the status of chronological history books. It supplements and enriches the content of Chunqiu, which not only records the historical facts of Lu, but also records the history of various countries. Not only remember political events, but also widely involve "small things" in various fields of society; It adopts a systematic and organized method to compile history books; Not only did I remember the historical facts of the Spring and Autumn Period, but I also introduced many ancient historical facts. This greatly improved the historical value of Zuo Zhuan.
Zuo Zhuan's position in historiography has always been commented as an important ancient book that opened Shiji and Hanshu after Shangshu and Chunqiu.
Although the position of Zuo Zhuan in history is highly appraised, there is still a gap compared with historical records.
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When we mention history books, the first thing that comes to mind is Historical Records.