Ancient China · Statesman

Guanzi 筦子

Guǎnzǐ

Attested BC 685 - BC 645

Passages
1
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Guanzi as an official and statesman. This record brings together 1 passage from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Guanzi 筦子 Guǎnzǐ
Alternate name Guanzi 筦子 Guǎnzǐ
Title Master Guan 筦子 Guǎnzǐ

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Official
  • Statesman

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 筦子曰 · Western Interval: Start: BC 685 · End: BC 645
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:026:s0319

Works and attributed material

  • Work: Guanzi / 筦子 · Relation: attributed-author
    Strongly inferred · hanshu:026:s0319
  • Kind: saying · Role: speaker · Quoted: true · Provenance: Mode: quotation-via · Speaker Person Id: Jia Yi (賈誼)
    Explicit · hanshu:026:s0319

Source notes

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 26Volume 24a: Treatise on Trade 1 · 1 passage