The Spring and Autumn Period is the historical stage of the first half of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in China. The Spring and Autumn Period began in 770 BC, that is, Ji Yijiu moved eastward to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and ended in 476 BC (forty-four years of the Zhou Dynasty), the eve of the Warring States Period, with a total of 295 years. One said that it ended in 453 BC, and Han, Zhao and Wei wiped out Zhi's family. The other is that it ended in 403 BC and the three tribes were divided into Jin. During this historical period, Lu historians recorded the major events reported by various countries at that time by year, quarter, month and day, which were recorded in spring, summer, autumn and winter in a year. In a word, they named this chronicle Spring and Autumn Annals. So this period of history is called "Spring and Autumn Period" by historians.

If you want to learn the history of the Warring States, you must read The Warring States Policy and Lu Chunqiu.

The Warring States Policy is a national historical work, also known as the national policy. It recorded the major events of Western Zhou Dynasty, Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Qin Dynasty, Qi Dynasty, Chu Dynasty, Zhao Dynasty, Wei Dynasty, Han Dynasty, Yan Dynasty, Song Dynasty, Wei Dynasty and Zhongshan, about 240 years ago. It is divided into 12 strategy, 33 volumes ***497 articles, which mainly describes the political opinions and words and deeds strategies of lobbyists during the Warring States period, and can also be said to be a practical training manual for lobbyists.

The book also shows the historical characteristics and social features of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the Warring States Period, and is an important classic for studying the history of the Warring States Period. The ideological tendency of the book Warring States Policy was denounced by scholars of past dynasties for violating Confucian orthodoxy.

The Warring States Policy was once denounced as "heresy" and "fantastic book". "The Warring States policy is basically self-contained. His moral philosophy mostly adopts Taoism, and his social and political views are close to Legalism, but he is incompatible with Confucianism alone, so he is criticized by later scholars. "

The author is not a person, and writing a book is not an instant. Most of the authors in the book don't know who they are. Liu Xiang compiled thirty-three articles in the Western Han Dynasty, and the titles were also drawn up by Liu Xiang. Ceng Gong made up for the deficiency in the Song Dynasty. There was a high lure note in the Eastern Han Dynasty, which is incomplete today. Song Baobiao changed the order of the original book and made new notes. Wu Shidao is the author of A Collation of the Warring States Policy, Jin has a supplementary explanation of the Warring States Policy in modern times, and Miao has a new collation of the Warring States Policy in modern times.

Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals is a masterpiece compiled by a group of scholars under the auspices of the Prime Minister of Qin State. This book was written on the eve of Qin Shihuang's unification of China. This book is based on Confucianism, Taoism, Ming, Legalism, Mohism, Agriculture, Soldiers, Yin and Yang, and is full of profound wisdom. Lv Buwei wants to take this as the ideology after reunification. However, the ruling Qin Shihuang later chose Legalism, which frustrated hundred schools of thought, including Taoism. Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals is a masterpiece of pre-Qin Taoism. The book is divided into 26 volumes, 160 articles, with more than 200,000 words.