Break the little man

Author: Yu Huijun
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: Introducing Guiguzi, a legendary figure from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, dressed in dark robes, sitting atop Mount Jiudu, perched on a divining stalk of shi cao (), teaching his disciples the world's most profound art, the Guiguzi. This enigmatic figure, considered a disciple of Laozi by Taoism, is included in the Taoist pantheon of true immortals. He is also known as the founder of the era of Chinese ghost stories, the pioneer of the art of persuasion, and the ancestor of the Zongheng school. Zhuge Liang called Su Qin and Zhang Yi "the of the world," Li Bai regarded Su Qin as his life's goal, and scholars such as Sima Xiangru, Chen Zi'ang, and Su Shi all took the title of Zonghengjia, expressing their ambition to debate with a million soldiers in their writings.