The main body of teachings is articulated in the core book Zhuan Falun, published in Chinese in January 1995.

To " turn the wheel of dharma " ( Zhuan Falun ) means to preach the Buddhist doctrine, and is the title of Falun Gong's main text.

With the publication of the books Falun Gong and Zhuan Falun, Li made his teachings more widely accessible.

Zhuan Falun, published in January 1995 at an unveiling ceremony held in the auditorium of the Ministry of Public Security, became a best-seller in China.

" The article cited Zhuan Falun as an example of the rising number of publications riddled with " feudal superstition " ( fengjian mixin ) and " pseudoscience " ( wei kexue ).

The publishing ceremony for Li ’ s seminal book, Zhuan Falun, was held in the auditorium of the Ministry of Public Security in January 1995.

From 1992 to 1994, Li Hongzhi presented his teachings across China, the contents of which were ultimately edited and compiled into the book Zhuan Falun.

Ancient sources such as the Zuo Zhuan and the eponymous Chunqiu record the various diplomatic activities, such as court visits paid by one ruler to another (, cháo ), meetings of officials or nobles of different states (, huì ), missions of friendly inquiries sent by the ruler of one state to another (, pìn ), emissaries sent from one state to another (, shǐ ), and hunting parties attended by representatives of different states (, shou ).

Liang also created The Monthly Total Record of the Inspection of the Worldly Customs (《 察世俗每月統記傳 》 Cha Shisu Meiyue Tongji Zhuan ), one of the first Chinese magazines.

In Jiangbiao Zhuan ( 江表傳 ), it was said that Lü Meng focused entirely on martial skills until he was admonished by Sun Quan.

Water Margin ( known in Chinese as Shuihu Zhuan, sometimes abbreviated to Shuihu ), also known as Outlaws of the Marsh, Tale of the Marshes, All Men Are Brothers, Men of the Marshes, or The Marshes of Mount Liang, is a 14th century novel and one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature.

The novel was originally titled in Chinese Jianghu Haoke Zhuan ( 江湖豪客傳 ), and the title was sometimes extended to Zhongyi Shuihu Zhuan ( 忠義水滸傳 ).

Notable actresses who have portrayed Diaochan in films and television series include Violet Koo ( Diao Chan ), Irene Chiu Yu-Ting ( Sanguo Yingxiong Zhuan Zhi Guan Gong ), Chen Hong ( Romance of the Three Kingdoms ) and Chen Hao ( Three Kingdoms ).

The earliest written reference of the game is usually taken to be the historical annal Zuo Zhuan ( c. 4th century BC ), referring to a historical event of 548 BC.

* Cheng Kun ( 成坤 ), a fictional character in the novel Baifa Monü Zhuan

A few traces remain and can be found in other ancient Chinese classics like Zuo Zhuan ( 左傳 ), Zhou li ( The Rites of Zhou ), and the Classic of Rites ( 禮記, Liji ).

Zuo Zhuan (), or Chunqiu Zuo Zhuan, sometimes translated as the Chronicle of Zuo or the Commentary of Zuo ( also Tso ), is among the earliest Chinese works of narrative history, covering the period from 722 to 468 BCE.

The 108 Stars of Destiny ( 天導一百零八星 ) are at the core of the plot of the Chinese classic Shui Hu Zhuan ( 水滸傳 ), commonly translated as Water Margin, Outlaws of the Marsh, or All Men Are Brothers, written by Shi Nai ' an during the 14th century.

The second usage, also well known, refers to variant forms in Shuowen, which Xu Shen mistook as being ancient, but that were actually used in the eastern areas during the Warring States period, as exemplified by copies of the Zuo Zhuan and " books from within the walls " ( those hidden during Qin Shihuang's book burning ), which were available to Xu Shen at the time of the compilation of the Shuowen.

Her biography was included in the Confucian classic Biographies of Exemplary Women ( Lienü Zhuan ), compiled by the Han dynasty scholar Liu Xiang.

The travels of the Chinese ambassadors are recorded in the historical text of the Bai Yi Zhuan.

However, Zuo Zhuan, an earlier historical text which provides a much more detailed account of the Battle of Boju, does not mention Sun Tzu at all.

* This is the latest possible date for the compilation of the historical text Zuo Zhuan, attributed to a blind historian known as Zuo Qiuming.

The neatly delineated, chronologically complementary distribution of accounts between the two was to him evidence that Liu Xiang extracted historical accounts parallel to those in the Annals to compile what was to be called the Zuo Zhuan ; accounts lacking a Chunqiu parallel were left in Guoyu in the original format under chapters by state ; hence the name, organization, and text of the Guoyu 國語, or Discourse of States, that we have today.

He also published two arranged-translations of Chinese literature: " Sui Tang Yanyi " ( 隋唐演義, " Stories of Sui and Tang Dynasties ") and " Shuo Yue Quan Zhuan " ( 說岳全傳, " Telling the Complete Biography of Yue Fei ") as " Gakuhi-den " ( 岳飛伝, " The Story of Yue Fei ").

Thus, students learn Chinese culture by reading not only Confucius, Laozi and Zhuangzi, but also Mencius, Xun Zi, Han Feizi, and Mozi, as well as historical narratives by Sima Qian and the Zuo Zhuan, the later movement of Neo-Confucianism and Zhu Xi, narrative works such as Journey to the West or the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the great Chinese poets, Li Bai, Wang Wei and Du Fu.

However, when the results were announced, the examinees that Duan and Li Shen recommended were not given passing results, while among those passing the examinations were Zheng Lang, the brother of the examination bureau ( 門下省, Menxia Sheng ) official Zheng Tan ; Pei Zhuan ( 裴譔 ) the son of the military governor Pei Du ( also a former chancellor ); Li Zongmin's son-in-law Su Chao ( 蘇巢 ); and Yang Rushi's brother Yang Yinshi ( 楊殷士 ).

Chaste widows were revered as heroes during the Ming and Qing periods, and were deemed so central to China ’ s culture and the fate of all peoples, the Yongle Emperor distributed 10, 000 copies of the Biographies of Exemplary Women ( Lienü Zhuan ) to various non-Chinese countries for their moral instruction.

There is not much known of Confucius ' disciples and a little over half of them had their surnames recorded in the Zuo Zhuan.

The Zuo Zhuan, attributed to Zuo Qiuming in the 5th century BC, is the earliest Chinese work of narrative history and covers the period from 722 BCE to 468 BCE.

**** The Zuo Zhuan ( Commentary of Zuo ) is a different report of the same events as the Spring and Autumn Annals with a few significant differences.

The romance element is key in several of Liang Yusheng's novels, such as Baifa Monü Zhuan, and in most of Louis Cha's as well.

The Bamboo Annals found in 281 AD in the tomb of the King of Wei, who was interred in 296 BCE, provide another example ; however, unlike the Zuo Zhuan, the authenticity of the early date of the Bamboo Annals is in doubt.

* The Yongzheng Emperor is mentioned in Qing Dynasty writer Wenkang ( 文康 )' s wuxia novel Ernü Yingxiong Zhuan ( 兒女英雄傳 ).

Pingyao Zhuan ( 平妖傳 ) is a ghost story attributed to Luo with 20 chapters, developed from the original pieces of storytelling based on a rebellion at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, and later expanded by Feng Menglong ( 馮夢龍 ) into 40 chapters.

The game series is loosely based on the classical Chinese novel, Shui Hu Zhuan by Shi Naian and Luo Guanzhong.

Shui Hu Zhuan is rendered as 水滸伝 in Japanese, and read phonetically as Suikoden.

Sha Wujing is the end result of embellishing a supernatural figure mentioned in Monk Hui Li's ( 慧立 ) 7th century account of the historical Xuanzang called Daciensi Sanzang Fashi Zhuan ( 大慈恩寺三藏法師傳, A Biography of the Tripitaka-master of the Great Ci ' en Monastery ).

He is mentioned in passing in the Spring and Autumn Annals, Zuo Zhuan and Historical Records.

The Battle of Chengpu is probably the biggest of the Spring and Autumn Period and definitely the most detailed in the Zuo Zhuan.

Er-ren Zhuan is now becoming better known in the rest of China, thanks to the fact that many er-ren zhuan performers have gone to perform on TV, as well as act in TV serials.

The " Mohe " section of the " Beidi Zhuan " ( 北狄傳, Communications of the Northern " Di " Barbarians ) of the " Jiu Tang Shu " ( 舊唐書, Old Book of Tang ) states: " Their country is all ( or " roughly ") composed of some tens of ' bu ' ( roughly " tribes ," but also just generally meaning " divisions "), each having a chief, some of whom are attached to the Goguryeo, and some of whom serve as common people ( i. e., vassals ) to the Tujue.

The Xingshi Yinyuan Zhuan () also translated as A Romance to Awaken the World is a Chinese classical novel of the Qing Dynasty attributed to Pu Songling.

Zuo Zhuan is traditionally attributed to Zuo Qiuming, as a commentary to the Spring and Autumn Annals.

With its vivid and concise language, Zuo Zhuan is also a gem of classical Chinese prose.