管子 — Volume 01 : Chapters 1-5 by Zhong Guan

"管子 — Volume 01: Chapters 1-5" by Zhong Guan is an anonymous Chinese political and philosophical text compiled in the early Han dynasty. Named for the 7th century BCE statesman Guan Zhong, this foundational work explores government, rulership, and political economy. Spanning over 135,000 characters originally, it addresses diverse topics including price regulation through "light and heavy" concepts. The text blends Daoist, Legalist, and Confucian elements, reflecting intellectual currents from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods while debating the proper balance between law, virtue, and ritual in governance. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Guan, Zhong, -646 BCE
Title 管子 — Volume 01 : Chapters 1-5
Alternate Title Guanzi — Volume 01 : Chapters 1-5
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guanzi_(text)
Credits Produced by Ni-Yen Wu
Language Chinese
LoC Class B: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion
Subject Philosophy, Chinese
Subject Chinese classics
Category Text
eBook-No. 7483
Release Date
Last Update Dec 30, 2020
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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