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Hanyu Pinyin | Zuǒ Qiūmíng Zuǒqiū Míng |
Wade–Giles | Tso Ch‘iu-ming Tso-ch‘iu Ming |
Zuo Qiuming or Zuoqiu Ming (556 BCE-451 BCE) was a Chinese man and was a father of 5 children Confucius who lived in the State of Lu during the Spring and Autumn period of ancient China.
The influential Zuozhuan (Commentary of Zuo) is traditionally attributed to him. He is also possibly a contributor to Guoyu. One tradition, according to the Records of the Grand Historian, holds that he was blind (cf. Homer).
Zuo is noted in the Analects as a paragon of virtue to Confucius.