What is Guiguzi talking about?

Guiguzi is the only theoretical work that laid the ideological system of military strategists and has been preserved to this day. Gui Guzi can be said to be a gauntlet, but his ideological content covers diplomatic tactics, negotiation skills, the way to use troops, the strategy to succeed, and trying to figure out the psychology of others. It observes and understands the world from people's psychology, and its purpose is to obey and satisfy people's desires. There are different opinions about its value.

People who deny Guiguzi are basically centered on traditional morality or practical utility. Holding a positive or cautious attitude towards guiguzi. Although some are also based on personal feelings and practical utility, such as Sun Chang Wuji and Chen Ziang. But most people focus on the academic value of ideas. For example, Ruan Yuan affirmed Guiguzi mainly because he saw its value in the history of academic thought, while Liu Xie affirmed Guiguzi because he saw its creativity in thought and rhetoric.

Guiguzi was born in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. He studied under Taoism, but he was also the ancestor of a strategist and strategist. His shrewdness lies in his mastery of the ideology and culture of a hundred schools of thought contending at that time, and his book Guiguzi was studied by the world.

On the surface, this book Guiguzi talks about the lobbying between kings at that time, the way of making peace in all directions, and the strategist's strategy of knowing people and employing people. But today, there are still many profound truths that can be used for reference, so they can be used in diplomatic and military affairs, dealing with people, and personnel management in the workplace.