孔子与《春秋》

人类历史最初皆以口语传诵为主,而以结绳刻契帮助记忆。春秋时代有两种史官,即太史与瞽蒙。他们所传诵的历史原以瞽蒙传述为主,而以太史记录的春秋帮助记诵,因而就称为瞽史。《春秋》书法是春秋时代史官的神圣职责,必须有当时的舆论支持以形成一种社会制裁力量,才能使乱臣贼子惧。今本《春秋》应是鲁史旧文,孔子并未加以笔削。

Confucius and The Spring and Autumn Annals

Human history began with oral stories with knot making and carving to strengthening memory.There were two kinds of official historians in the Spring and Autumn period,Taishi and Gumeng.The history they passed down was called the history by Gumeng because it was mainly narrated by Gumeng and what Taishi recorded only acted as aid to memory.The recording of history named The Spring and Autumn Annals remained the sacred duty for official historians in the period bearing the same name.It must have got a strong public opinion to support so that to form a societal force of deterrence to make dread those who were corrupted and the usurpers.The remained Spring and Autumn Annals must be the ancient History of Lu Kingdom without any writing or reviewing by Confucius.