um nР BA I YunР (College of Humanities of Honghe University, Mengzi Yunnan 661100, China)Р Abstract:Confucius devoted all his life to document arrangement and education. During the p rocess of materialsРarranging, he instinctively questioned the p revious historiography. This helped him form some understandings on histoРriography. In his Spring and A utum n, Confucius recorded events to show righteousness and p reach his doctrine to morРalize. A ll these efforts reflected his political ideals and his pursuit of righteousness. The p rincip les of historiography inРSpring and Autum n have p roduced tremendous influence upon the Chinese traditions in historiography.Р KeyW ords: Sp ring and Autumn; methods of historiography; guiding p rincip les of historiography; traditions ofРhistoriography;