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Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals

Overview

The Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals (Chinese: 春秋繁露; pinyin: Chūnqiū Fánlù) is an undated work attributed to philosopher Dong Zhongshu (179–104 BC). It has survived to the present, though its compilation might have continued past his lifetime into the 4th century. It is 82 chapters long and is about 72,000 words, although three of the chapters within the present text have been lost, and there is considerable textual confusion in other chapters. In its current form, the book deals with topics such as the five elements and their relation to politics. One of the chapters in this book presents the concept of the "source" (元), which became important to later Neo-Confucianism.

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Philosophers who discussed Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals

• Dong Zhongshu

Related ideas

• Book of Han
• Dong Zhongshu
• Ge Hong
• Zhu Xi
• Huang–Lao
• Neo-Confucianism
• Han dynasty
• Confucianism
• Casuistry
• Wuxing (Chinese philosophy)

Place in the tradition

Part of Confucianism.

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