چکیده (انگلیسی):

Chinese narrative tradition traces back to the Pre-Qin Period, and very often, such early historical prose employs a
distinct narrative style. Amongst them, Zuozhuan is representative of the “chronological narrative” style, and Guoyu is
representative of the “locale-based narrative” style. This paper seeks to analyse the narrative of “Wu-Y ue rivalry” in the
two texts from a narratology point of view, to understand how the two narrative styles influenced the plot development,
characterisation, narrator perspective and significance, and narrative characteristics.