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King Zhuang of Chu was one of the most important figures in the 'Chun Qiu' scripture, in which 23 times of his activities were recorded. 'Three Explanatory Works of Chun Qiu' had different interpretations of scripture writing about King Zhuang. Among them, Biography Gongyang paid most attention to illustrate the Confucius' 'Chun Qiu Righteousness' causes. According to the recordings of several historical events, for example, King Zhuang's organized military alliance to kill 'Xia Zhengshu', a rebellious cabinet minister of the 'Chen' Kingdom, to invade the 'Chen' kingdom, to engage in the battle of 'Bi,' and to encircle to subdue the 'Song' kingdom for the purpose to restore past ruling orders. Biography Gongyang analyzed and interpreted different words in scripture about the transformation of King Zhuang of Chu from the uncivilized to become the civilized and put forward the ideal of 'the Debate of the Civilized and the Uncivilized (Yi-Xia).' That was to say, in dealing with the problem of tribal difference, the Huaxia centralism was adopted to handle the ethnic problem of differences in Ancient China. But these differences, apart from race and region, were also based on the superior degree of civilization according to rituals and righteousness with flexible explanation on the Civilized and Uncivilized countries.