管仲 Guan Zhong (attributed)
管子
Guanzi
A comprehensive compendium of statecraft attributed to Guan Zhong, the great chancellor of Qi. Eighty-six chapters covering economics, agriculture, military policy, philosophy, cosmology, and the famous “Light and Heavy” theory of economic management.
By Augustin Chan with AI · Published March 2026
Chapters 篇
1牧民Shepherding the People2形勢Circumstances and Power3權修Cultivating Authority4立政Establishing Governance5乘馬The Chariot and Horse6七法The Seven Standards7版法The Template of Law8幼官The Minor Officials9幼官圖Diagram of the Minor Officials10五輔The Five Supports11宙合The Cosmic Conjunction12樞言Pivotal Sayings13八觀The Eight Observations14法禁Laws and Prohibitions15重令Weighting the Commands16法法Modeling the Model17兵法The Art of War18大匡The Great Rectification19中匡The Middle Rectification20小匡The Minor Rectification21王言Words of the King (lost)22霸形The Form of Hegemony23霸言Words on Hegemony24問Inquiry25謀失Failure of Strategy (lost)26戒Admonitions27地圖Terrain Maps28參患Triple Concerns29制分Establishing Divisions30君臣上Ruler and Minister, Part One31君臣下Ruler and Minister, Part Two32小稱Minor Weighing33四稱The Four Weighings34正言Correct Speech (lost)35侈靡Extravagance and Prodigality36心術上The Art of the Mind, Part One37心術下The Art of the Mind, Part Two38白心The Blank Mind39水地Water and Earth40四時The Four Seasons41五行The Five Phases42勢Strategic Advantage43正The Standard44九變The Nine Variables45任法Entrusting to Law46明法Illuminating the Law47正世Rectifying the Age48治國Governing the State49內業Inner Cultivation50封禪The Feng and Shan Sacrifices51小問Minor Questions52七臣七主Seven Ministers, Seven Rulers53禁藏Prohibition and Storing54入國Entering the State55九守Nine Principles of Rulership56桓公問Duke Huan's Questions57度地Surveying the Land58地員Land Officers: A Classification of Soils59弟子職The Duties of Disciples60言昭Manifest Speech (lost)61修身Self-Cultivation (lost)62問霸Asking About Hegemony (lost)63牧民解Commentary on Shepherding the People (lost)64形勢解Commentary on Situational Power65立政九敗解Commentary on Nine Failures of Government66版法解Commentary on the Template Law67明法解Commentary on Illuminating the Law68巨乘馬The Great Chengma Method69乘馬數Chengma Calculations70問乘馬Questions on the Chengma System (lost)71事語On State Affairs72海王King of the Sea73國蓄State Reserves74山國軌Mountain State Revenue Tracks75山權數Mountain Authority Calculations76山至數Mountain Ultimate Calculations77地數Calculations of the Earth78揆度Estimation and Measure79國準The State Standard80輕重甲Light and Heavy, Part A81輕重乙Light and Heavy, Part B82輕重丙Light and Heavy, Part C (lost)83輕重丁Light and Heavy, Part D84輕重戊Light and Heavy, Part E85輕重己Light and Heavy, Part F86輕重庚Light and Heavy, Part G (lost)