What war does Zuo Zhuan advocate?

Zuo Zhuan proposed to distinguish the categories of "righteousness" and "injustice" in war. It also explains the justice and injustice of war in two categories: "straightness" and "inflexibility", and puts forward the idea that "learning straightness is strong, and inflexibility is old". Zuo Zhuan upholds the Confucian position, advocates benevolent politics, and denies unjust people (such as) and unjust wars (the battle of hurdles).

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Zuo Zhuan represents the highest achievement of pre-Qin historiography, is an important document to study pre-Qin history and Spring and Autumn history, and has a great influence on later historiography, especially on establishing the status of chronological history books.

Moreover, because it has a strong Confucian tendency, emphasizes hierarchical order and patriarchal ethics, attaches importance to the distinction between honor and inferiority, and also shows the idea of "people-oriented", so it is also an important historical material for studying Confucianism in the pre-Qin period.