According to legend, Zuo Zhuan is a historical book annotated by Zuo Qiuming, a native of Lu, at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period.

The original name of Zuo Zhuan was Zuo's Chunqiu, and it was also called Chunqiu Zuoshi and Chunqiu Zhuan in Han Dynasty, and it was only after Han Dynasty that Zuo Zhuan was called. It covers the period from 722 BC (Luyin AD) to 454 BC.

The original name of Zuo Zhuan was Zuo's Chunqiu, and it was also called Chunqiu Zuoshi and Chunqiu Zhuan in Han Dynasty, and it was only after Han Dynasty that Zuo Zhuan was called. It is China's first detailed chronicle work and an outstanding masterpiece of historical prose.

The narrative scope of Zuo Zhuan began in the year of Lu Yin (722 BC) and ended in the twenty-seventh year of Lu Aigong (468 BC). The works mainly record the important events and figures in politics, economy, military affairs, diplomacy and culture of various countries in the 254 years before the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. They are precious documents and excellent prose works for studying the pre-Qin history of China.

Historical position

The appearance of Zuo Zhuan marks that the compilation of China's ancient history books has entered a new stage of development. Zuo Zhuan provides a great deal of important information about the academic history of the Spring and Autumn Period and its previous stages, such as ideological history, economic history, social history and so on, which is unmatched and compared by any other history before or at the same time.