Guiguzi - Guiguzi

A thinker from the state of Chu during the Warring States period in China. Or his writings. He is said to have been the teacher of the orthodox scholars Su Qin and Zhang Yi, and is also known as Guigu Sensei. Guigu is apparently originally the local name of Yangcheng in Yingchuan. His deeds are unknown, and his name Wang Xu is merely a later fabrication. The book Guiguzi does not appear in the Book of Han (Han Shu) Art and Literature Journal, but was first recorded in the Book of Sui (Suisho) Jingjizhi. It is said to have been written by Su Qin, or to have been excerpted and edited from the posthumous writings of Su Qin and Zhang Yi, but it is probably a forgery from the Wei-Jin period. The current book is made up of 15 chapters: He, Hanhan, Neiqian, Diqi, Feikan, Gogo, Shi, Mo, Quan, Mō, Jie, Fuyan, The Seven Art of Yin-Talisman of the Main Sutra, Zhishu, and Zhongjing, most of which are about the art of persuasion, strategy, and strategy. The Fuyan chapter overlaps with the text of the Nine Guards chapter of the Guanzi.

[Rinatsu Ito December 14, 2015]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

中国、戦国時代の楚(そ)の思想家。またはその著書。彼は縦横家(じゅうおうか)の蘇秦(そしん)や張儀(ちょうぎ)の師と伝えられ、鬼谷先生とも称される。鬼谷とは本来、穎川(えいせん)陽城の地方名であるらしい。事跡は不明で、姓名を王詡(おうく)となすのは後世の捏造(ねつぞう)にすぎない。『鬼谷子』なる書は『漢書(かんじょ)』芸文志(げいもんし)にはみえず、『隋書(ずいしょ)』経籍志に至って初めて著録される。蘇秦の仮託、蘇秦と張儀の遺著からの抜粋編集ともいわれるが、おそらくは魏晋(ぎしん)のころの偽作であろう。現行本は、闔(ひこう)、反応、内揵(ないけん)、抵巇(しぎ)、飛箝(ひかん)、忤合(ごごう)、揣(し)、摩、権、謀、決、符言、本経陰符七術、持枢、中経の15編からなり、その大半が説得権謀の術を主題とする。なお、符言編は、『管子(かんし)』九守編の文章と重複する。

［伊東倫厚　2015年12月14日］

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