孔子著《春秋》，每有微旨顧忌，輒出以隱避之詞，以見微旨之所寄。《公羊傳》以歷史哲學解《春秋》，強調尊王、大一統思想。當面對尊者、親者、賢者，亦採取避諱的手法。清‧劉逢祿《春秋公羊經何氏釋例》：「諱者皆有惡，即刺也。諱深則刺益深。或以彊王義，或屈於尊親，或功是以掩其罪，或賢者與仁同過，君子因之醇加吾王心焉。」諱者，隱約以見，猶未失直筆之旨。是以，《春秋》之隱諱書法，以實代虛，雖婉章志晦，仍是非善惡得以自見，使亂臣賊子懼。諱言諱書，並不僅只是避諱之記事，有其諱中之諱，隱中之隱，實是微婉顯晦之《春秋》書法。錢鍾書更提出獨特見解，從修辭的角度，提出《公羊》、《穀梁》之美刺書法，可提示《春秋》諱書的通例。「內辭」、「未畢辭」、「諱辭」之類，所擬定編寫體例，皆牽涉到修辭藝術。透過忌諱修辭的觀點，展開對《春秋》諱書書法的論述，全面考察《春秋》微婉顯晦之書法。

The Confucius, in writing the “Chunqiu“, often took to using rhetoric when uncertain of any taboo to bestow what he wanted to state. Gongyang Zhuan took to deciphering the Chunqiu with historical philosophy by emphasizing on the imperial king, and the greater united thoughts. The former also took to a circumventing technique when faced with those of superior, blood related and elite stature. The Qing period Fong Lu has written in the “He's interpretation of Chunqiu Gongyang Jing, “those who circumvent the taboos often dislike the topic as a thorn, and the deeper the taboo the deeper the thorn, and perhaps when forcing with imperialism, or forcing to humble to the respected, or solicit reward to cover the shortfall, or attribute the blame on the smart and the righteous, a scholar can read his king's mind through loyalty“, where taboo can be read between the lines but not losing its intended meaning. For which, the Gongyang Zhuan took to a concealed methodology that although seemed circumventing but still held true the author's view of the right and wrong, instilling fear in unscrupulous courtesans and thieving individuals to highlight the imperial power. Gongyang Zhuan spread the Confucius teaching through righteous by highlighting the meaning subtlety in the Chunqiu. When it comes to studying methodology, neither symbolism nor rhetoric could be overlooked, but duly addressed. Qian Zhong Shu had presented his unique insight, stating, “the Gongyang Zhuan and Guliang Zhuan showcased the beauty of “subtlety“ in the “Spring and Autumn Annals“, and were regarded as the oldest rhetoric in the Mandarin, ranging from 'hidden meaning', 'unspoken words', or 'subtle words', which were all methodology deployed by the literary set“. Broaching from the rhetoric angle, Qian had presented that the eloquent methodology behind the Gongyuan Zhuan, Guliang Zhuan could serve as the general examples of the methodology behind the Chunqiu. The compiling example of the like of “hidden meaning“, “unspoken words“, or “subtle words“ had all involved the art of rhetoric. The viewpoint of the taboo rhetoric behind the Chunqiu had been deployed to manifest the narration on the just example of the methodology behind the Gongyan Zhuan, in search of fully scrutinize the methodology of subtle suggestion in the Chunqiu. By exploring the taboo rhetoric in the Gongyang Zhuan, combined with examining the “concise text“ in the Book of Songs, an overview on the Book of History how it “mirrored“ history and empirical theorem would validate that methodology, history writing and poetry writing were essentially interchangeable.