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"Guoyu" is an extremely important collection of "language" documents and historical materials from the pre-Qin period of my country. Except for a very small amount of Warring States texts, most of the chapters in the book are original records from the Western Zhou and Spring and Autumn Periods. It embodies the level of prose at that time and can be said to be a living fossil and living specimen for studying the development of prose in the Western Zhou and Spring and Autumn Periods in my country. It has a unique status that cannot be replaced by any other pre-Qin literature and has important value in the history of Chinese literature. Based on the research of previous scholars, this book is based on the reality of "Guoyu", starting from the nature of the "language" literature of the book, combined with its special compilation purpose, to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the literary characteristics of the book, correct some deviations in previous studies, and re-evaluate its literary value and status, in order to achieve something. The first chapter mainly discusses the political and cultural factors and historical opportunities for the compilation of "Guoyu". The second chapter mainly discusses the structure of "Guoyu". The third chapter mainly discusses the reasons and specific manifestations of the differences in writing styles in various parts of "Guoyu". The fourth chapter mainly analyzes the reasoning art of "Guoyu". Chapter Five mainly analyzes the narrative and writing art of "Guoyu". Chapter six analyzes the aesthetic style of the language of "Guoyu". The remaining part mainly reflects on Liu Zongyuan's criticism of "Guoyu" in "Non-Guoyu".