There is a long process from agreement to query in academia about Mencius's words that Confucius is the writer of Spring and Autumn Annals. From the perspective of hermeneutics

this opinion means achievement of interpretation concept innovation through text hermeneutics. Confucius writing Spring and Autumn Annals changes the nature and function of Spring and Autumn Annals

from history to politics and hermeneutics. The basic difference lays on the former one prefers past

another one prefers now; the former one prefers objective

another one prefers subjective; the former one prefers record

another one prefers annotation; the former one prefers the truth of history

another one prefers political enlightenment. Confucius expresses his mind-set and ideal pursuit through writing Spring and Autumn Annals in the way of appraise

blame

satirizing and son on. They are political order of respecting emperors and kings

power control of disaster warning

ethical order of relationship and new Yi-Xia views from regional difference to cultural difference.