Who is Guiguzi? Is Guiguzi his work?

Guiguzi is a very mysterious figure in the history of China. He lived in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It is rumored that he is intelligent, proficient in hundreds of scholars and has the ability to penetrate the heavens and the earth. For more than 2,000 years, strategists respected him as a saint, strategists respected him as an ancestor, fortune tellers respected him as a grandmaster and strategists respected him as a saint.

Taoism respects him as the ancestor of Wang Chan.

Who is Guiguzi? Why did he become a legend in the history of China? I believe everyone will blurt it out. His name is Wang Chan, the originator of a hundred military strategists, the master of Su Qin, Zhang Yi, Pang Juan and Sun Bin, and the author of Guiguzi. I believe some people will say that he is a Taoist immortal. Do you know anything else?

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How many names does guiguzi have? Let's count them: Wang Chan, Wang Xu, Wang Shang and Wang Chan. A person actually has four names. For example, Taoism called Guiguzi the ancestor of Wang Chan, and Zhuangzi and Zhang Sanfeng were the great immortals the day after tomorrow. However, no matter what Guiguzi's name is, it seems that the ancients thought his surname was Wang. In fact, it is because of the record in the ancient book "You Xian Lu": "Mr. Gui Guzi was a true fairy in ancient times, and the surname of the cloud was Wang." The author Du Guangting was a Taoist priest in the Five Dynasties, so it can be seen that Guiguzi surnamed Wang had this legend in the Tang Dynasty. In other words, his surname Wang has always been a legend, just a story of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, which has been thousands of years by the end of the Spring and Autumn Period. As a hermit, Guiguzi's surname is unknown.

But in any case, Guiguzi seems to have become a fairy in the eyes of the world. Why? This is actually a process of historical evolution, which cannot be separated from the rendering of Taoism.

1, shortly after the birth of Taoism, during the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Taoism included Guiguzi in the collection. Some people confuse Taoism with Taoism, but there are essential differences between them. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Daoling, the founder of Taoism, formally established the Youth League, and Taoism gradually took shape. In other words, Guiguzi has long been included in Taoist books. In the early years of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Ge Hong listed 137 Taoist classics in Bao Pu Zi Yuan Lan, including Gui Gu Jing. Even Guiguzi is also called "mysterious real person", and like Laozi, it is gradually being mythologized. He even said that he was born in the Xuanyuan era of the Yellow Emperor, and went through the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, and went out with Lao Zi to go to Hangu Pass. During the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, he returned to China, lived in seclusion in the Ghost Valley, and trained hundreds of disciples. These disciples lived on the earth for hundreds of years and then disappeared. Of course, these are legends and stories attached by later generations.

2, the revision of the novel romance, in fact, there is no record in the history books that Pang Juan and Sun Bin are disciples of Guiguzi, all this is thanks to fairy tales and folklore. For example, in the historical novel History of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty compiled by Feng Menglong in the Ming Dynasty, the story of accepting Su Qin, Zhang Yi, Sun Bin and Pang Juan as disciples was told. Other books say that he led his apprentice Fan Li to help Gou Jian, the King of Yue, restore the country, and Xuan Nv was his sister for nine days. This gives Guiguzi a mysterious aura.

3. Because strategists in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period played a positive role in promoting the development of history, for example, his disciples Su Qin and Zhang Yi's strategy of uniting with Lian Heng during the Warring States Period made the world look askance, which was called the anger of one person and the fear of the world. Coupled with the academic application value of Guiguzi itself, it is highly respected by future generations.

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As a faction of a hundred schools of thought contending, the strategists founded by Gui Guzi played a positive role in ideological enlightenment both in ancient times and in modern times. For example, Guiguzi is not only of philosophical value, but also the earliest rhetoric work.

However, Guiguzi, also known as "the forbidden fruit of wisdom", is a unique book among hundreds of Chinese studies and a theory and philosophy in troubled times. His philosophy is a pragmatic moral and tactical theory with emphasis on fame and fortune and enterprising spirit, and a practical philosophy with emphasis on action. Its methodology is to conform to the times and be resourceful. He has been criticized by later generations to this day.

As modern people, we should treat military strategists' thoughts and guiguzi in a pertinent way, rather than following others' advice. We should avoid exaggerating, let alone denigrating them. As a traditional treasure in traditional culture, we should treat the thoughts of military strategists in a targeted way.