《左傳》是我國首部以編年為次序、以魯國十二公為傳主,系統記述春秋戰國時期歷史,對中國文化產生了巨大影響的文史作品。文章在概述《左傳》文化價值的基礎上,梳理了兩千多年來關于《左傳》文本與作者的主要學術爭論,甄別《左傳》流變過程中的22個關鍵文本。

Zuo Zhuan is the first work in China to systematically record the history of the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period in chronological order,which has a great impact on Chinese culture.It vividly displays the cultural concept,cultural system and cultural achievements in the Spring and Autumn period and becomes an important literature for later generations to study the culture of Pre-Qin dynasty.This article sorts out the main academic disputes concerning the texts and the authorship of Zuo Zhuan for more than 2,000 years,and screens out 22 key texts about Zuo Zhuan.