Guoyu (book)

The text's author is unknown, but it is sometimes attributed to Zuo Qiuming, a contemporary of Confucius; although as early as Jin dynasty, Fu Xuan objected to that attribution of authorship.

Contents

Guoyu overlaps with the period, people, events in the Zuo Zhuan. And during the end of the Han dynasty it was called the preface of the Zuo Zhuan. Scholars like Xu Gan mention it in their work including the Balanced Discourses though the tradition died out.

It comprises eight books covering the Zhou court and seven of the feudal states, divided into 21 chapters: