Gongyang Zhuan; Gongyang Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals
A classical Chinese commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals, attributed to Gongyang Gao. Used in Japanese scholarly and historical contexts.
The Gongyang Zhuan is known as one of the commentaries on the Spring and Autumn Annals.
Another major commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals, the Zuo Zhuan, which focuses more on historical narrative than the Gongyang Zhuan's philosophical interpretation.
The Guliang Zhuan, a third classical commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals, often studied alongside the Gongyang Zhuan.
The title is derived from Chinese: 春秋 (Spring and Autumn Annals), 公羊 (Gongyang, the surname of the attributed author), and 伝 (commentary). The reading is the on'yomi of the kanji.