Guanzi (text)

Guanzi
Chinese管子
Literal meaning"[Writings of] Master Guan"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGuǎnzǐ
Wade–GilesKuan3-tzu3
IPA[kwàn.tsɹ̩̀]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationGún-jí
JyutpingGun2-zi2
IPA[kun˧˥.tsi˧˥]
Southern Min
Tâi-lôKńg-tzú
Old Chinese
Baxter–Sagart (2014)*[k]ˤo[n]ʔ tsəʔ

The Guanzi (Chinese: 管子) is an ancient Chinese political and philosophical text. At over 135,000 characters long, the Guanzi is one of the longest early Chinese philosophical texts. This anonymously written foundational text covers broad subject matter, notably including price regulation of commodities via the concept of "light and heavy" (轻重). Despite its later dating, it is arguably one of the most representative texts of the concepts of political economy that developed during the Spring and Autumn period.[1]

  1. ^ Weber, Isabella (2021). How China escaped shock therapy : the market reform debate. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. p. 19. ISBN 978-0-429-49012-5. OCLC 1228187814.