A Study on the Narratives in Guoyu and Zuozhuan
by Ning Dengguo
About This Novel
The pre-Qin era was a golden age that valued remembrance of words. "Guoyu" and "Zuo Zhuan" contain rich historical materials such as kings' orders and oaths, emperors and ministers' admonitions, pedestrians' speeches, gentleman's comments and other historical materials. They are concentrated, detailed, diverse and wonderful. This article compares pairs of speeches, deeply explores the speech methods, speech spirit, and speech functions contained in these speeches, summarizes the unique features of different speeches, and sorts out the evolutionary trajectories of these speeches. Exploring the "continuance" spirit of the gentlemen of the pre-Qin Dynasty who actively advocated and defended morality, the value pursuit of "making immortal words" and the euphemistic and powerful way of argumentation also have important practical significance for highlighting the excellent character of our nation and enriching people's conversational art.
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