Guan, Zhong -646 BCE creator text utu 2005 monographic zh 1 online resource : multiple file formats "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.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guanzi_(text) Release date is 2005-02-01 Produced by Ni-Yen Wu Original publication data not identified Philosophy, Chinese Chinese classics B Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7483 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7483 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133208.0 7483