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Shang Yang (Chinese: 商鞅; c. 390 – 338 BC), also known as Wei Yang (Chinese: 衞鞅) and originally surnamed Gongsun, was a statesman, chancellor and reformer of the State of Qin.
Apr 8, 2024 · Shang Yang (born c. 390, Wei state, China—died 338 bce, China) was a Chinese statesman and thinker whose successful reorganization of the state of Qin paved the way for the eventual unification of the Chinese empire by the Qin dynasty (221–207 bce ). Shang Yang believed that the integrity of a state could be maintained only with power and ...
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Shāng Yāng (商鞅; Kung-sun Yang; Wei Yang; Pinyin Shang Yang; d. 338 B.C.E.) was an important statesman and social political philosopher whose successful reorganization of the state of Ch'in or Qin, during the Warring States Period of ancient China, paved the way for the eventual unification of the Chinese empire by the Ch'in dynasty (221 ...
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May 23, 2018 · Shang Yang (ca. 390-338 B.C.) was a founder of Chinese Legalism and a reformer of the state of Ch'in. He advocated strict laws, harsh punishments, and agricultural development, and was killed by his enemies.
Learn about Shang Yang, the influential Legalist who transformed the State Qin in the Warring States Period of China. Discover his reforms, achievements, and tragic fate in this article.
Apr 17, 2022 · Shang Yang drew on practices that had been developing in Qin and other states, on the new possibilities of iron technology, and on Legalist ideas, to overturn the feudal order in Qin and create a bureaucratic state and social structure. His reforms undermined, abolished, and destroyed the Zhou feudal aristocracy in the state of Qin and then ...
Nov 1, 2016 · The Book of Lord Shang attributed to Shang Yang (d. 338 BCE) is one of the most controversial products of ideological debates in pre-imperial China (pre-221 BCE). Forty years ago, Li Yu-ning summarized previous rounds of debates that peaked with the Shang Yang fervor of the early 1970s. The present article takes over where she ended, further ...
