About the author
Guan Zi is Guan Zhong, of the Ji clan and the Guan lineage, named Yiwu, styled Zhong, posthumously honored as Jing, a native of Yingshang (present-day Yingshang County, Anhui). A statesman of the early Spring and Autumn period and a forerunner of Legalism in the state of Qi, he assisted Duke Huan of Qi in uniting the feudal lords and setting the realm in order, and has been acclaimed as "the foremost minister of China." His thought is preserved in the book Guanzi, of which 28 related works are held in the collection, with representative chapters including "Guo Xu," "Nei Ye," "Di Yuan," "Qing Zhong Ding," "Zhou He," "Li Zheng," "Jin Zang," and "You Guan." These pieces span economic regulation, mind-and-nature cultivation, geography and products, and statecraft; their style is sometimes terse and substantive, sometimes developed through dialogue, reflecting an early blend of Legalist and Qi-regional scholarship. Public sources on the details of his life are limited, and later accounts mostly rely on the Guanzi text and pre-Qin histories. His works are commonly classified under Eastern philosophy, prose and miscellaneous writings, comprehensive biography, and literary appreciation, and have influenced both ancient political thought and the prose tradition.
Written (28)
Rating 4.5★ State Accumulation Guan Zhong Nanhai Publication Company · 2024 Guo Xu (State Storage) is an essay recorded in the ancient Chinese classic Guanzi, appearing as its seventy-third chapter. Rating 4.4★ Earthly Endowments Guan Zhong Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju) · 2024 The irrigated fields are all shifted; the five grains are all suitable; their standing is late yet the hand is fruitful. Their trees are suited to the… Rating 4.3★ Establishing Government Guan Zhong / 管仲 Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju) · 2024 The Guanzi is a collection of works by the Jixia Daoists honoring Guan Zhong, that is, the Guanzi school of Jixia learning. Rating 4.3★ The Cosmos Guan Zhong Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju) · 2024 The "Zhouhe" chapter of the Guanzi is an extremely important ancient text, much of it written in Warring States idiom and notably difficult to underst… Rating 4.2★ Young Officials Guan Zhong Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju) · 2024 The Guanzi is a compilation of writings by the Jixia Daoists honoring Guan Zhong, and on this basis it represents the Guanzi school of Jixia learning.… Rating 4.2★ Prohibitions and Storehouses Guan Zhong Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju) · 2024 Keep prohibitions hidden within the breast, and misfortune will be kept ten thousand li away. Only one who knows others through himself can use this t… Rating 4.2★ Measuring the Land Guan Zhong Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju) · 2024 A chapter in Guanzi, likely written around the Warring States period. With over 2,000 characters, it presents, in the form of Guan Zhong answering Duk… Rating 4.0★ Reliance on Law Guan Zhong Nanhai Publication Company · 2024 Ren Fa (Reliance on Law) is an essay recorded in the ancient Chinese classic Guanzi, appearing as Chapter 45 of the work. Rating 4.0★ Balancing and Cultivating Guan Zhong Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju) · 2024 Quan Xiu, or "Cultivating Authority," is a chapter recorded in the ancient Chinese classic Guanzi, appearing as the third chapter of the work. Rating 4.0★ Pivotal Words Guan Zhong Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju) · 2024 This is an article recorded in the ancient Chinese classic Guanzi, appearing as the twelfth chapter of Guanzi. Rating 4.0★ Minor Questions Guan Zhong · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought has a long history and is highly original, inventive, and literary. Early forms of thought have distinctive features: reli… Rating 3.9★ Ultimate Numbers of the Mountains Guan Zhong Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju) · 2024 "Shan Zhi Shu" is an essay recorded in the ancient Chinese work Guanzi, appearing as the seventy-sixth chapter. Guanzi is a book documenting the words… Rating 3.9★ Minor Questions Guan Zhong Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju) · 2024 Xiaowen (Small Questions) is a book on spiritual cultivation by Guanzi. Rating 3.9★ State Norms for the Mountains Guan Zhong Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju) · 2024 The Guanzi is a compilation of writings by the Jixia Daoists honoring Guan Zhong, that is, the Guan Zhong school of Jixia learning. The Hanshu Yiwenzh… Rating 3.9★ Weights and Measures of the Mountains Guan Zhong Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju) · 2024 The Guanzi is a compilation of writings by Jixia Daoists honoring Guan Zhong, representing the Guanzi school of Jixia learning. The Hanshu Yiwenzhi li… Rating 3.8★ Cosmic Union Guan Zhong Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju) · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought is of long standing and possesses a high degree of originality, inventiveness and literary quality. Early forms of thought… Rating 3.6★ Diagram of the Young Official Guan Zhong · 2024 The thought of traditional Chinese culture has a long history and is highly original, inventive and literary. Early forms of thought are highly distin… Rating 3.6★ The Young Official Guan Zhong Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju) · 2024 The thought of traditional Chinese culture has a long history and is highly original, inventive and literary. Early forms of thought are highly distin… Rating 3.4★ Minor Assessment Guan Zhong Bashu Publishing House · 2024 "Xiao Cheng" is an article recorded in the ancient Chinese text Guanzi, appearing as the thirty-second chapter. Guanzi is a work that records the word… Rating 2.8★ Light and Heavy, Part F Guan Zhong Bashu Publishing House · 2024 Clear spirit gives rise to the mind; the mind gives rise to the compass; the compass gives rise to the square; the square gives rise to form; form giv…Publishers
Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju)Nanhai Publication CompanyBashu Publishing House