Guiguzi, active 4th century B.C

LC control no.	n 81050426
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Guiguzi, active 4th century B.C. *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Guiguxiansheng, active 4th century B.C. Guiguzi, 4th cent. B.C. Kikokushi, active 4th century B.C. Kuei-ku-tzu, 4th cent. B.C. Kui Ko Tzu, active 4th century B.C. Wang, Li, active 4th century B.C. Wang, Xu, active 4th century B.C. 王利, active 4th century B.C. 王詡, active 4th century B.C. 王诩, active 4th century B.C. 鬼谷子, active 4th century B.C. 鬼谷先生, active 4th century B.C.
Beginning date	-03
Special note	Non-Latin script references not evaluated. Non-Latin script references reviewed in NACO CJK Funnel References Project. Old catalog hdg.: Kuei-ku tzu, 4th cent. B.C.
Found in	Chʻen, Y. Kuei-ku tzu tou chih chüeh chi, 1970- Ōhashi, T. Kikokushi, 1982: t.p. (in title: Kuei-ku-tzu; Kikokushi) Guiguzi [in Xu xiu Si ku quan shu, v. 1121], 2002: pref. (鬼谷子 = Guiguzi; 王詡 = Wang Xu; 鬼谷先生 = Guiguxiansheng) Zhongguo li dai ren ming da ci dian, 1999: p. 1748 (鬼谷子 = Guiguzi; 王诩 = Wang Xu; also named 利 = Li; also called: 鬼谷先生 = Guiguxiansheng) Guiguzi, China's first treatise on rhetoric, 2016: ECIP data view (Guiguzi lived in Guigu (Ghost Valley) during the pre-Qin Warring States period (475-221 B.C.E.); although his real name is said to have been Wang Xu, he is known as Guiguizi, with the character zi (master) appended to the place, Guigu, to indicate his honorific title as well as the text he allegedly authored; Guiguzi is recognized as the first teacher specifically associated with the "art of persuasion" and allegedly taught about five hundred students in 378-322 B.C.E., including Sunzi (Sun Tzu), author of the Art of War; his rhetorical theory is dominated by yin-yang philosophy, upon which his major rhetorical strategies and concepts are built, particularly listening, analogy, and reflection for the purpose of establishing human connection in the process of persuasion)