Yu zuan Chun qiu zhi jie 御纂春秋直解 Direct Explanations to the “Spring and Autumn Annals,” Compiled

by the Emperor by Emperor Qianlong, nominal author

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Eight vols. 8vo, later wrappers, orig. block-printed title labels on upper covers, new stitching, heads & tails of spines covered in blue silk a few worn . China : Preface dated 1758. A commentary, nominally by the Qianlong emperor 1711-99, reigned 1735-96 , of the Spring and Autumn Annals, one of the Confucian classics. The commentary rejects a previously current interpretation of the Annals in favor of a reading favorable to the Manchu

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