Its various ingenious forms of expression have been widely used in internal affairs, diplomacy, war, economy and trade, public relations and other fields, and its thoughts have deeply influenced people today and are well-known at home and abroad. The Complete Works of Guiguzi consists of four volumes, which contains the original text, notes and translations of Guiguzi and tells related historical stories.
Guiguzi, as a summary of lobbying experience of strategists, combines the essence of Guiguzi's lifelong academic research, and its value is self-evident. As a masterpiece of strategists, this book provides many references for future generations to understand the thoughts of strategists and Taoists.
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The creative background of Guiguzi;
Guiguzi was written in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. During this period, the Zhou Dynasty declined and had no actual control ability. Due to the different social and economic conditions, the war between the countries in the Central Plains is getting worse. According to Xu Zhuoyun's statistics, of the 259 years from 722 BC to 464 BC, there was no war for only 38 years.
The competition between countries indirectly promotes the development of economy and culture, so a new social class has emerged, that is, scholars. They come from all aspects of society, although their status is low, but many of them are learned and talented people, some are scholars who are familiar with astronomy, calendar and geography, and some are outstanding political and military talents.
Its representatives, such as Mencius, Mozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Shang Yang, Shen Buhai, Xu Xing, Sean, Su Qin and Zhang Yi, are all famous thinkers, politicians, militarists or scientists.
Due to different backgrounds and positions, scholars put forward different political opinions and demands when solving or answering practical problems. They wrote books and argued endlessly, and a hundred schools of thought contended, forming many schools such as Confucianism, Taoism, Mohism, France, Yin and Yang, famous scholars, military strategists, miscellaneous scholars, farmers, novelists and so on.
Guiguzi was a strategist at that time, and was also the teacher of celebrities Zhang Yi and Su Qin who were active in the diplomatic arena, commonly known as "Mr Guiguzi". Historical Records Biography of Su Qin and Biography of Zhang Yi all say that "Mr. Xi is in Guigu" and "everything is in Guigu's academic life". Guiguzi is named after living in Guiguzi.
Inspired by frequent diplomatic activities and enthusiastic "a hundred schools of thought contend" during the Warring States period, he traveled to Qi and Wei countries to study and give lectures. And left his precious lecture notes in Qi State. According to 1973 written records of the Warring States period unearthed from Mawangdui Han Tomb in Changsha, Su Qin is the same age as Yan Zhaowang, and Zhang Yi is the same age as Qin Huiwen.
Su Qin's activities are twenty or thirty years later than Zhang Yi's. They learned lobbying skills from Mr. Guiguzi, and later became famous diplomatic activists, who made great contributions to the merger war in Lian Heng and created conditions for the publication of Guiguzi.
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