It was probably written from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period (475 BC to 221 BC) to the Qin and Han Dynasties. There were 86 chapters in the early Han Dynasty. There are 76 chapters in the current edition, and the remaining 10 chapters only exist in the table of contents. It includes the views of Confucianism, Legalism, Yin-Yang School, famous scholars, military strategists and peasants. Among them, Huang Lao Taoism has the most works, followed by Legalism with 18 works, and other schools are mixed. The Legalism thought is Legalism under the influence of Taoism. thinking. [7-8]
Guanzi was an important politician, military strategist, and Taoist legalist in ancient my country. It is concentrated in the book "Guanzi". The book is magnificent in length, complex in content, and rich in ideas. For example, chapters such as "Herdsmen" and "Situation" discuss hegemony; "Extravagant" and "Governing the Country" and other chapters discuss economic production, which is also the essence of "Guanzi" and can be described as the economic policy of Qi's hegemony; "Seven Laws", Chapters such as "The Art of War" discuss the art of war; chapters such as "Zhou He" and "Shu Yan" discuss philosophy, Yin Yang and the Five Elements; others include "Dakuang", "Xiao Kuang", "Jie", "Discipleship", "Fengchan", etc. For miscellaneous reasons. "Guanzi" is an important classic for studying the academic and cultural thoughts of ancient my country, especially the pre-Qin period.
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