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The Gongyang Zhuan, also known as the Gongyang Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals or the Commentary of Gongyang, is a commentary on the Spring

peak of its influence was the 1st century BCE. Along with the Zuo Zhuan and Gongyang Zhuan, the work is one of the Three Commentaries on the Spring and Autumn

other ancient commentaries on these Annals of Lu, e.g., the Gongyang Zhuan and the Guliang Zhuan. Following different points of view and editorial intent

write of the Zuo Zhuan's superiority to both the Guliang Zhuan and the Gongyang Zhuan. Jia produced the work, arguing that only Zuo Zhuan agreed with the

and, by extension, its commentaries such as the Zuo Zhuan, the Gongyang Zhuan, and the Guliang Zhuan. In 732 BC, Duke Hui of Lu died after 46 years of reign

Annals The Commentary of Gongyang (公羊傳 Gōngyáng Zhuàn) on the Spring and Autumn Annals The Commentary of Guliang (穀梁傳 Gǔliáng Zhuàn) on the Spring and Autumn

Commentary of Zou (鄒氏傳) The Commentary of Jia (夾氏傳) The Gongyang Zhuan The Guliang Zhuan The Zuo Zhuan No text of the Zou or Jia commentaries has survived

effectiveness in establishing the Way from his state office. The Gongyang Zhuan ("Gongyang Commentary") is his earliest surviving explanation, originally

commentary to the Gongyang Zhuan (春秋公羊解詁). Attacks on the Zuo Zhuan as a purported Liu Xin's fabrication intended to overturn the Gongyang Zhuan. By far the

his deep appreciation and knowledge of the classics, especially the Gongyang Zhuan commentary, and the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, he was determined