Gui Guzi’s surname is Wang Xu, also known as Wang Chan, and his Taoist name is Xuan Weizi. A prominent figure in the Warring States Period, a member of the Huaxia clan, had four moles on his forehead that resembled ghosts, and founded the Guigu sect.

Classic Quotes

1. A villain seeks a life, a gentleman seeks a country, and a man seeks the world.

2. All things considered, cold-heartedness comes first.

3. The environment you live in is destiny, and the opportunities you encounter are luck.

4. The first thing to know is oneself, and then to know others.

5. Determine whether something exists or not, and follow its desires to see its will.

6. Soldiers have no constant momentum, and water has no constant shape. Those who can win due to changes in the enemy are called gods.

7. The mouth is the door of the heart, from which wisdom and wisdom come.

8. When things go to extremes, they must be reversed, and when they are trapped, they want to change.

9. Hidden plans are always better than no efforts at all.

10. If you stick to the shape and talk about the appearance, you can see the leopard in the tube. It is not separated from the form, does not stick to the law, is seen as invisible, and heard as silent, and its appearance is good.

11. With form and without mind, the form self-extinguishes; without form, with mind, the form arises by itself; quoted from Gui Guzi, the master of political affairs: With mind and no form, the two are born together with the mind; with form and no mind, the one with the mind perishes.

12. Appearance is not beautiful, nor is it evil, so I can only care about it.

13. Spring growth, summer growth, autumn harvest, and winter storage are the principles of heaven.

14. What can be known can be used; what cannot be known can be used by planners.

15. Use yang to seek yin, and use virtue; use yin to combine yang and exert force.

16. Wisdom can be used for things that others cannot understand, and can be used for things that others cannot understand. Hidden plans are always better than fighting without any effort.

17. If you want to hear its voice, you should be silent; if you want to expand, you should hold it back; if you want to be high, you should go down; if you want to take it, you should give it back. If you want to express your feelings, compare them with images and use them to express your emotions. We speak with the same voice and arrive at the same truth.

18. Any knowledge is divided into techniques. As far as military science is concerned, the art of using troops lies in victory, the way of using troops lies in reconciling disputes, in subduing the enemy without fighting, in turning conflicts into jade and silk, and in using four taels to move a thousand catties.