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Author: Jiang Tao
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: The Guanzi is an ancient pre-Qin classic of China and one of the most important fundamental canons among the Zhou-Qin Zis. The book has a compendium-like nature, covering a wide range of aspects of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods in terms of politics, economy, culture, and military. It not only preserves a wealth of academic and cultural historical materials but also reflects the conflicts and exchanges among various schools such as Confucianism, Taoism, Legalism, Agriculture, and Yin-Yang. It is extremely valuable. However, due to the extensive and complex content of the entire book, its long history, and subsequent disarrangements during transmission, after Liu Xiang of the Western Han Dynasty "fixed it as eighty-six chapters," there were already ten missing before the Tang Dynasty. The remaining chapters also make it difficult to determine their original composition dates, with textual errors rampant. Despite the corrections, arrangements, and studies by scholars over the generations, many unresolved issues remain today, making it challenging to read. The New Annotations of Guanzi builds upon the achievements of predecessors and strives to present a new annotated edition of Guanzi that reflects contemporary academic development and meets current needs, which is highly meaningful. The New Annotations of Guanzi is a fully annotated version of the Guanzi that primarily focuses on textual exegesis, aiming to clarify sentences and connect the meaning of each chapter concisely and clearly. Each chapter begins with an "Introduction," which provides a concise outline and is easy to understand, serving as a reference for systematic reading and study.