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Ancient Chinese political and philosophical text

This article is about the ancient Chinese text. For its traditional author, see Guan Zhong.

The Guanzi (Chinese: 管子) is an anonymously written, foundational Chinese political and philosophical text originally comprising 86 chapters, of which 76 survive.

Compiled in the early Han dynasty, earlier versions potentially date back to the late Warring states period. At over , characters, it is one of the longest early Chinese philosophical texts. It covers broad subject matter, notably including price regulation of commodities via the concept of "light and heavy" (轻重).

Despite its later dating, it is arguably one of the most representative texts of the concepts of political economy that developed during the Spring and Autumn period.^[1]Ming dynasty agricultural scientist Xu Guangqi still frequently cited the Guanzi and the Xunzi.^[2]

Along with the Daoistic Neiye, the Guanzi contains chapter