The study of history, as well as poetry and paintings, in order to understand and appreciate beauty is indispensable for a chunzhi. The other important aspects of chunzhiness are contained in the Confucian ideas of ren and li. Ren and li are both incredibly complex concepts that are difficult to translate, but we're going to do our best. Ren is usually translated as propriety. It means understanding and practicing proper behavior in every possible situation, which of course depends on who you're interacting with, hence the importance of the five relationships. Li is usually translated as ritual and refers to rituals associated with Chinese religion, most of which involve the veneration of ancestors. Which brings us back, in a very roundabout way, to the fundamental problem of how early Chinese historians wrote their history.