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Guanzi: Political, Economic, and Philosophical Essays from Early China(管子) (The Hundred Schools of Thought)

Kindle Edition or EPUB + Converted PDF نویسندگان: Arthur Peng, Zhong Guan
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فرمت: Kindle Edition or EPUB + Converted PDF تاریخ انتشار نسخه الکترونیکی : June 18, 2026
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لینک: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H5XCF9QH
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Guanzi stands as one of the most comprehensive pre-Qin Chinese classics, compiled over generations by scholars of the Jixia Academy in the State of Qi during the Warring States era. Though traditionally attributed to Guan Zhong, the visionary prime minister who made Duke Huan of Qi the first Spring and Autumn hegemon, this anthology weaves Confucian morality, Legalist administration, Daoist inner cultivation, Yin-Yang cosmology and groundbreaking state economic thought into a unified system of statecraft.This complete English translation by Arthur Peng renders all surviving chapters—including ten known only by title—with consistent terminology, in-text cultural annotations and a dedicated glossary. The translator’s preface traces the text’s complex textual history and contextualises its revolutionary “Light and Heavy” monetary and market regulation theory, a proto-macroeconomic framework millennia ahead of Western economic thought. Chapters cover rural governance, taxation, salt and iron state monopolies, military organisation, ritual ethics (the Four Anchors: ritual, righteousness, integrity, shame), meditative self-cultivation and seasonal agrarian policy.Unlike most Chinese philosophical texts that champion a single school, Guanzi synthesises competing ideologies to propose practical, people-centred governance: prosperous granaries lay the foundation of moral conduct; fair resource circulation stabilises society; restrained power and reliable rewards and punishments secure sovereign authority. The translation balances faithful rendering of archaic classical prose with readable modern academic English, clarifying obscure ancient official titles, land grading systems and seasonal ritual codes for global readers. Ideal for sinologists, economists, political theorists and general readers interested in ancient Chinese statecraft, this edition unlocks a neglected masterpiece that redefines early Chinese intellectual diversity.
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