A Study on the Citation of Poems in Zuo Zhuan from the Perspective of Political Ethics

Abstract

The research on Zuo Zhuan has always started from the perspective of major historical events and characters, and the research on the phenomenon of citing the poem, especially the phenomenon of citing the poem from the perspective of political ethics, is obviously insufficient. In the pre-Qin period, when the traditional Chinese ethical thought was established, poetry,ceremony and music were closely combined. The aristocratic literati often used “Poetry” to express their meaning tactfully when off ering sacrifices, ceremonies, diplomacy, discussing politics, and people’s sympathy judgment. “Poetry” is quoted as a “axiom”with the effect of ethical or legal norms, or more precisely, it is used as “etiquette”. Combined with the text of Zuo Zhuan, it is expected to present more comprehensively and objectively how the monarch uses virtue to deal with the relationship between the monarch and the nature, the subjects and the people, and then explore the category, internal requirements and external norms of the national political ethics in the pre-Qin period.