Source:
Jade is enough to cover the valley. -"Under the Mandarin Chu Language".
Introduction to Putonghua:
1, Mandarin is said to be a national sports work written by Zuo Qiuming in the Spring and Autumn Period. His compilation method is to classify countries, mainly in English, hence the name "Mandarin".
2. Until the Tang Dynasty, some people suspected that it was compiled by Liu Xiang in the Western Han Dynasty or by many people in different historical periods. Many scholars in modern times, including Kang Youwei, suspect that it was compiled by scholars in the Warring States or after the Han Dynasty with the help of original materials recorded by national historians in the Spring and Autumn Period, which will be questioned and verified.
3. This book covers the period from the twelfth year of Zhou Muwang (990 BC) to the dog's expedition to the west (about 947 BC) to the death of Zhi Bo (453 BC). "Mandarin" includes courtship, feasting, satire, argument, response and some historical events and legends among nobles of various countries.
4. Mandarin is the first national history book in China. From a historical perspective, historical materials are of great value; From the literary point of view, his writing style is relatively simple and clear, and many excellent chapters are very interesting, which has a unique artistic charm in recording the dialogue between characters.
5. In the way of narrating history, Guoyu takes time as the horizontal line and countries as the vertical line. This is the first time that China narrates history in a national style, and it is the earliest history book written in a national style in the history of China.
6. The book * * * has 2 1 volume, namely: Zhou Yu 3, Lu Yu 2, Chyi Yu 1 volume, Yu Jin 9, Zheng Yu 1 volume, Chu Yu 2 and Wu Yu.
7. This book mainly records the historical facts of the late Western Zhou Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn Period, especially the Western Zhou Dynasty and other countries in the Spring and Autumn Period. On the one hand, Mandarin recorded the political, military and diplomatic activities of various countries at that time; On the other hand, it recorded some remarks made by the nobles of various countries at that time.