How did Guiguzi die during the Warring States Period?

The death of Guiguzi was not mentioned in the history books, and then the world thought that he disappeared after retiring from the mountains, which was probably a happy ending.

The legendary Guiguzi, based on the historical Guiguzi, has been constantly deduced and deified by novelists of past dynasties, so it has the legendary Guiguzi in contemporary times.

According to the information provided by historical records, Guiguzi was the master of Zhang Yi and Su Qin (the saying that Sun Bin and Pang Juan were Guiguzi's disciples appeared in the late Ming Dynasty). According to the timeline, Guiguzi's real life is about the 4th century BC-3rd century BC.

Moreover, according to contemporary scholars' research, Zhang Yi is about forty years older than Su Qin, while according to Historical Records and Biography of Qin Shihuang, Qin Shihuang was only fifty years old when he died. According to the medical conditions and technology in the pre-Qin period, if Guiguzi is the master of Zhang Yi, it is difficult to intersect with Su Qin on the timeline.

Therefore, it is unknown whether Guiguzi really exists in real history, whether Guiguzi is a person or a group of people, or even the fabrication of debaters in the pre-Qin era.

As a real person, it is impossible to know when and why he died.

Extended data:

Guiguzi Wang Xu (about 400 BC-about 270 BC), a native of Wang Chan, whose real name was Xuanweizi, was born and died in an unknown year, and was a prominent figure in the Warring States Period. According to legend, the four meat moles on his forehead are like ghosts.

One said that Weiguo (Qixian County, Henan Province) people; One said that Wei Yedi (Linzhang, Hebei Province) was from the Warring States period; One said that Chen Guocheng (Henan Yucheng) people; Talk about the banks of the Han River? Yunyang (Shiquan County, Shaanxi Province) is a native. Famous military strategist, Taoist representative, master of art of war, the originator of military strategists, proficient in the study of a hundred schools of thought. Because he lives in seclusion in the ghost valley of Yunmeng Mountain, he calls himself Mr. Ghost Valley.

Guiguzi often goes into the mountains to practice, knows Taoism well and is unpredictable. "Wang Chan Laozu" is the name for Guiguzi by later generations, and it is one of the five schools of old learning. Old School: Su Zhang (Su Qin, Zhang Yi), Guigu School, Shenhan School, Yang Zhu School, Zhuanglie School and Yin Wen School.

He is far-reaching and brilliant, and no one can match him. When it comes to mathematics, the sun and stars are like latitudes. In their hands, they occupy the past and look at the past. Everything is true. Second, military science, six towers and three strategies, endless changes, deployment and soldiers, ghosts and gods unpredictable; Third, learn while talking, remember extensively and listen more, judge the situation rationally, speak freely, argue according to reason, and there is nothing to do; On the fourth day, I was born, cultivated my true temperament, cured my illness and extended my life, fed and guided me, and the ground soared.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-guiguzi