The
Guanzi is an ancient Chinese political and philosophical text that is named for and traditionally attributed to the 7th century BCE philosopher
Guan Zhong, who served as Prime Minister to
Duke Huan of Qi. At over 135,000 characters long, the
Guanzi is one of the longest early Chinese philosophical texts. The
Han Dynasty scholar
Liu Xiang edited the received
Guanzi text circa 26 BCE, containing a wide variety of material from many different authors over several successive centuries, largely associated with the 4th century BCE
Jixia Academy in the
Qi capital of
Linzi.