* 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, 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.

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.

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.

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

Several events concerning the Shang dynasty are mentioned in various Chinese classics, including the Classic of History and the Commentary of Zuo.

* Volume 5: The Ch ' un ts ' ew ( Commentary of Zuo ), with the Tso chue ( Spring and Autumn Annals ) ( 1872 )

She, instead, read books reserved for men ( examples of which were Spring and Autumn Annals and its accompanying Commentary of Zuo ,) and taught herself philosophy, history, science, politics, and religion.

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.

Du Yu would return to the north and write a well-known commentary to the Zuo zhuan ( Zuo Commentary to the Spring and Autumn Annals ) after the conquest of Wu in 280.

Wang Pi also received the office of Zuo Sanqi Changshi ( 左散騎常侍 ), a high-level consultant at the examination bureau of government ( 門下省, Menxia Sheng ).

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.

Zuo Zongtang was also referred to by Muslim General Ma Zhongying ( a descendant of a Salar noble ) as one of his models, as Ma led the KMT 36th Division ( National Revolutionary Army ) to reconquer Xinjiang for the Kuomintang from the pro-Soviet governor Jin Shuren during the Kumul Rebellion.

Wang Zuo 王佐 ( also Wang Yunhui 王雲輝 or Wang Yunfei 王雲飛 ), nicknamed Nandougu ( 南斗牯 ), ( May 1898-February 24, 1930 ) was a former bandit chieftain who operated in the mountainous area of Jinggangshan in Jiangxi province, China, from 1923, and then joined the communists, becoming a protégé of Mao Zedong during their formative period in the Jiangxi Soviet.

Another great work of Chinese history, Zuo Zhuan was also written in Lu.

Zuo also arranged for massive amounts of supplies to be available before he would go on the offensive.

Zuo had already raised a 55, 000 man army from Hunan before he began the final push to reconquer Gansu from the Dungan rebels, they participated along with other regional armies ( the Sichuan, Anhui, and Henan armies also joined the battle.

Ma Zhanao's son Ma Anliang also defected, and their Dungan forces assisted Zuo Zongtang's Qing forces in crushing the rebel dungans.

Zuo also ordered him to convince other leaders to surrender.

Zuo also moved Shaanxi Muslim refugees from Hezhou, only allowing the native Gansu Muslims to stay.

The Han General Zuo put a conciliatory policy toward the Muslims in place, pardoning Muslims who did not rebel, and he also pardoned Muslims who surrendered if they joined only because of religion.

Zuo also instructed General Chang Yueh that ' The Andijanis are tyrannical to their people ; government troops should comfort them with benevolence.

This enraged Cao Cao, who ordered Zuo Ci to be starved of food, this also failed as Zuo quite happily went seven days without food or water.

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

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.

In 742, after the death of the chancellor Niu Xianke, Li Shizhi succeeded Niu as Zuo Xiang ( 左相 ) -- the head of the examination bureau of government ( 門下省, Menxia Sheng ) and a post considered one for a chancellor ; he was also created the Duke of Qinghe.