The Tso Chuan

Published by Columbia University Press 1989

The Tso Chuan

Edited by: Wm. Theodore De Bary , C. T. Hsia , Barbara Stoler Miller , Burton Watson , Donald Keene and Philip B. Yampolsky
Translated by: Burton Watson

In the series China’s Oldest Narrative History

https://doi.org/10.7312/deba94288

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Presents the Tso-chuan, a text running to thirty densely written chapters as China's oldest work of narrative history. Its entries provide a year by year account of happenings in the feudal state that made up China from 722 to 468 BC.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Introduction Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
Table of Principal States Publicly Available Download PDF	XXXIX
Map of Principal States Publicly Available Download PDF	XLI
1. Two Brothers of Cheng and the Mother Who Doted on the Younger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. The Revolt of the Ducal Son Chou-hsü in Wei Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
3. A Quarrel Over Precedence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
4. A Wife’s Dilemma Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
5. Two Half Brothers Who Hurried to Their Death Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
6. The Deaths of Duke Huan of Lu and Duke Hsiang of Ch’i Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
7. Duke Hsien of Chin and Lady Li Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
8. Duke Hui of Chin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	26
9. The Battle of Han Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	30
10. The Brief Career of Yü or Duke Huai of Chin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	38
11. Ch’ung-erh: The Years of Wandering Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	40
12. Ch’ung-erh: The Return to Chin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
13. The Battle of Ch’eng-pu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
14. Duke Wen of Chin’s Attack on Cheng Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
15. The Battle of Yao Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
16. An Inglorious Defeat for Sung Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
17. The Responsibilities of Rulership Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	76
18. King Chuang of Ch’u Asks About the Cauldrons Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
19. The Battle of Pi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	84
20. King Chuang of Ch’u Lays Siege to Sung Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
21. An Old Man Repays a Debt of Gratitude Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
22. The Battle of An Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
23. The Death of Duke Ching of Chin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	120
24. Lu Hsiang Severs Relations with Ch’in Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	122
25. The Battle of Yen-ling Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
26. The Siege of Pi-yang Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
27. The Death of Hsün Yen of Chin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
28. The Assassination of Duke Chuang of Ch’i Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
29. Prince Chi-cha of Wu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
30. Tzu-ch’an’s Government Policies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	154
31. The Death of King Ling of Ch’u Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	164
32. The Death of Duke Chuang of Chu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	178
33. The Battle Between Wu and Ch’u at Po-chu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	180
34. The Battle Between Ch’i and Lu at Ch’ing Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
35. The Revolt in Wei Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
36. The Revolt of the Lord of Po in Ch’u Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
37. Attitudes Toward the Supernatural Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215

Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 232

eBook

Published: May 6, 2019
ISBN: 9780231897938