...the CWvn-tfew, but so fully developed, and so much superior to the latter, that it has been said, " In no ancient history of any country have we such...of its annals, as we have from Tso of the 270 years he has embraced in this work." The other two commentaries, named after their respective authors Jfting-yaitg...

...the CWun-ts'ew, but so fully developed, and so much superior to the latter, that it has been said, "In no ancient history of any country have we such...of its annals, as we have from Tso of the 270 years he has embraced in this work." The other two commentaries, named after their respective authors Kung-yang...

...much superior to the latter, that it has been said, " In no ancient history of any country have wo such a vivid picture of any lengthened period of its annals, as we have from Tso of the 270 years he has embraced in this work." The other t wo commentaries, named after their respective authors Kung-yang...

...Tso, who died at least fifty years after Confucius, was himself one of the historiographers of Loo.2 The events and the characters of the time pass, as...lengthened period of its annals, as we have from Tso. To myself it appears plain that Tso's work was compiled on a twofold plan. 1 Earl. * Legge, p. 27....

...to collect information apart from the ducal records, so that Legge 1 justly says of this work : — "The events and the characters of the time pass as...the 270 years which he has embraced in his work." Two other commentaries on the "Spring and Autumn Annals" exist; namely, those of Kung-yang Kau and...