<P>The <I>Tso chuan</I> has long been recognized as a classic of China's early prose tradition. Probably written in the third century B.C., the book is a vivid account of events during the crucial period from 722 to 468. The <I>Tso chuan</I> focuses on political, diplomatic, and military affairs, but also reveals a great deal about economic and cultural developments during the turbulent era when China's warring feudal states were gradually working toward unification.</P><P>Burton Watson presents here the most famous and influential narratives from the <I>Tso chuan.</I> His expert translations give the reader the principal ideas of the original text as well as a sense of its style.</P>
, History - General History ; Confucianism ; Asia - China, The TSO Chuan: Selections from China's Oldest Narrative History
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