What is the book Guiguzi about?

The main content of Guiguzi is a book that studies the strategy and tactics of social and political struggle. Its central idea is to guide strategists how to achieve the set goals through tactics and argumentation. Gui Guzi is also a master of the thoughts of strategists, strategists, Taoists, Yin and Yang, and Legalists in the pre-Qin period. It has the same gender as other schools, but it also has its own uniqueness.

Gui Guzi's ideological theory was unique in the Warring States period, not only because of his unique theory of vertical and horizontal, but also because he raised his ideological theory to the philosophical level based on "Tao". In the book, Guiguzi's philosophical thought absorbed Laozi's Taoist thought and made a breakthrough, and applied it to the field of practice, realizing the unity of theory and practice.

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Guiguzi was written in the Warring States Period. Based on Huang Lao, this book is a masterpiece of a hundred schools of thought, which permeates the ideological connotation of Confucianism, Yin Yang School and martial arts. Studying Guiguzi can clearly understand hundred schools of thought in the pre-Qin period, so as to have a comprehensive and systematic grasp of various schools and clearly understand the cultural history of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

Guiguzi has been studied by military strategists, politicians and diplomats in ancient China, and now it has become a must-read book for contemporary businessmen. Its ingenious manifestations are widely used in internal affairs, diplomacy, war, economy and trade, public relations and other fields, and its ideas are highly respected by the world and renowned at home and abroad.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Guiguzi (Guiguzi, the representative work of strategists)