摘要
《晏子春秋》為春秋末期詳載晏嬰思想與治國言行之要籍，累世以來，晏子備受推崇，本書亦為學林矚目，著錄研究更僕難數。經內外辨證，探賾索隱，本文歸結其傳世價值有六：一、思想雅正切用：晏子思想博通古今，典雅醇正，切合世用，並以進步的觀點，超邁當代。二、文學體裁先河：其文夾敘夾議，寓理於事，假君臣對問，於談笑風生中，微中解紛，故能確立典則，開奏議、對問、諧讔體之先河。三、敘事寫人典範：本書敘事簡明生動，事件波瀾起伏，寫人傳神鮮活，成為史傳散文樹立楷式。四、政經文化根源：包羅典章制度、財經措施、歷史活動、成語俗諺宏富，澤被後世，成為我國政經文化的發源。五、言語藝術高妙：晏子以智慧雋永的言語，展現其廉勇仁惠的德操，不為脅辱所屈的志節，及經世濟民的宏規。六、學術地位重要：漢代以後，本書即普受著錄博採，考辨校注論著輩出，新出土的文獻尤為版本、校勘開拓新境，再現學術研究高峰。
並列摘要
Yanzi Chun Qiu is an essential classic of words and deeds of thoughts and reining the nation of Yan Ying in the end of Chunqiu. In the long history which Yan Ying was highly recommended, this classic has also become popular among scholars; studies and researches on this classic are enormously countless. After carefully debating and justifying same classic and other materials, it is concluded in this prose that there are six major heritage values. First, the thoughts are appropriate and applicable; the thoughts Yan Ying contained were advanced as they lay across the entire history, and were applicable in all ages. Secondly, his writing style was innovative. Yan integrate narrations and debates in his articles, containing his reasons in examples; he was capable of solving problems through delightful conversations with the emperor, which was an innovation of establishing principles through memorial presenting, discussions and humorous descriptions. Thirdly, he has contributed good examples of describing people, since his narrations were simple, vivid, and clear with ups and downs; his descriptions of people, on the other hand, were brilliant and fresh, which really established good examples in writing proses. Furthermore, his cultural background in legal and institutive genre, financial measures, history, idioms and proverbs was extremely rich, which benefitted later generations, and were considered the originality of Chinese political culture. Moreover, the art of his language is wondrous and amazing, since Yan Ying displays virtues of probity, bravery, benevolence, and benefitting characters through wise conversations; he also showed ambitions that would not be disgraced by threats of enemies, and his broad visions of profiting the world and the people. Last but not least, this classic has critical academic status, since after Hang Dynasty, this classic was repeatedly recorded and adapted in academies for researches and studies; debates on corrections and explanations became extremely frequent among scholars; to be more specific, newly excavated documents were an opening that led to further studies and corrections, and as well the climax of academic studies.