September 2021 Academic & Specialist Princeton University Press

Princeton Library of Asian Translations

Guanzi: Political, Economic, and Philosophical Essays from Early China Edited and translated by W. Allyn Rickett

Princeton Library of Asian Translations

Guanzi: Political, Economic, and Philosophical Essays from Early China
Edited and translated by W. Allyn Rickett


Paperback (Trade paperback US) | Aug 2021 | Princeton University Press | 9780691218984 | 592pp | 235x155mm | RFB | AUD$125.00, NZD$145.00

Named for the famous Chinese minister of state, Guan Zhong (d. 645 B.C.), the Guanzi is one of the largest collections of ancient Chinese writings still in existence. With this volume, W. Allyn Rickett completes the first full translation of the Guanzi into English. This represents a truly monumental effort, as the Guanzi is a long and notoriously