* c. 400 BC: The earliest written reference to go ( weiqi ) in the historical annal Zuo Zhuan.

The Zuo Zhuan recalls that the governor advised against razing the walls to the ground as he said that it made Cheng vulnerable to the Qi state and cause the destruction of the Meng family.

According to accounts in the Zuo Zhuan and Shiji, Confucius departed his homeland in 497 BC after his support to the failed attempt of dismantling the fortified city walls of the powerful Ji, Meng, and Shu families.

According to the Zuo Zhuan, Confucius returned home when he was 68.

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

Sources dating from the Zhou Dynasty ( c. 1050-256 BC ) which provide star names include the Zuo Zhuan, the Shi Jing, and the " Canon of Yao " ( 堯典 ) in the Book of Documents.

Chinese historian and author of the Zuo 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 earliest known narrative history of China was the Zuo Zhuan, which was compiled no later than 389 BCE, and attributed to the blind 5th century BCE historian Zuo Qiuming.

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.

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 ).

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At the age of 5, he started Han learning, and by the time he turned 14, he studied major writings, such as Analects, Tao Te Ching, Zuo Zhuan and Zhuangzi ( book ).

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.

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.

Descendants of Yuan house are mentioned by name in the Zuo Zhuan as holding high office in the state of Chen until it was extinguished by Chu in 479 BC.

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.

Its author is unknown, but it is sometimes attributed to Zuo Qiuming, a contemporary of Confucius.

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

* Zuo Qiuming, ?-?

* Zuo Qiuming, Zuo Zhuan ( 左传 ）

Zuo Qiuming or Zuoqiu Ming ( 左丘明 ) has the 32nd place, east.

Those who wish to exhaust the subject, mention in addition, on the authority of Zuo Qiuming, Zhongsun Heji ( 仲孫何忌 ), a son of Meng Xizi （ 孟僖子 ）, and Zhongsun Shuo ( 仲孫說 ), little brother of Zhongsun Heji, supposed by many to be the same with No. 17 ; Ru Bei, ( 孺悲 ), mentioned in the Analects, XVII.

* Zuo Qiuming ( 5th century BC ), Chinese court writer of the State of Lu, and contemporary of Confucius during the Spring and Autumn period.

Six citations of unnamed " Shu " appear in the Analects, and increasing numbers of citations, some with titles, appear in 4th century BC works such as the Mencius, Mozi and Commentary of Zuo.

The Zuo Zhuan states that in 525 BC, the descendants of Yan were recognized as long having been masters of fire and having used fire in their names.

Most of Ge's surviving work demonstrates the influence of notable essayists and thinkers from the Han period ( 206 BC-220 AD ) such as Sima Qian ( c. 145-90 BC ), and Wang Chong ( c. 27-97 ), as well as poets and literati from the post-Han era, such as Ji Kang ( 223-262 ) and Zuo Si ( c. 253-309 ).

Ba may have aided the founders of the Zhou Dynasty in its overthrow of the Shang Dynasty at the Battle of Muye ; however, Ba's first definitive appearance in recorded history occurred in 703 BC ; the Zuo Zhuan records that Ba took part in a joint military operation with the State of Chu against Deng.

" In Zuo Zhuans explanation, " unless one is virtuous, the people will not be in harmony and the spirits will not partake of one's offerings.

A touch of mysticism is also added, as some characters such as Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi and Zuo Ci have the ability to use magic in their attacks.

The city is located on the north bank of the Yong River, the chief southern tributary of the Xi River, and lies some 30 km below the confluence of the Yu and the Zuo rivers.

The university is dominated by Dao Ming Si ( Jerry Yan ), Hua Ze Lei ( Vic Zhou ), Mei Zuo ( Vanness Wu ) and Xi Men ( Ken Chu ), four rich and handsome but arrogant students collectively known as ' F4 ', short for ' Flower 4 '.

The 2nd Ring Road of today is part of an extended ring road which takes the southern route through Zuo ' anmen and Caihuying instead of Qianmen Road, just south of Tian ' anmen.

He was first sacrificed to along with Confucius, as is to be understood of the other ' Wise Ones ,' excepting in the case of Yu Zuo, in the eighth year of the style Kaiyuan of the sixth emperor of the Tang dynasty, AD 720.

Zuo said, " The only distinction is between the innocent and rebellious, there is none between Han and Muslim ".

* Zuo Zongtang ( 1812 – 1885 ), Qing Dynasty Chinese general for whom the chicken dish is named

Zuo Ci is a legendary personage of the late Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms periods of Chinese history.

There is no one to maintain the government ," when Zuo Ci suggested Liu Bei and threatened Cao Cao, " I may have to send one of my flying swords after your head one day ", Cao accused Zuo of being one of Liu Bei's agents, and threatened him.