商鞅

shāng yāng

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1. Shang Yang (c. 390-338 BC), legalist philosopher and statesman of the state of Qin 秦國|秦国[qín guó], whose reforms paved the way for the eventual unification of the Chinese empire by the Qin dynasty 秦朝|秦朝[qín cháo]

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Words Containing 商鞅

• 商鞅变法 商鞅变法 shāng yāng biàn fǎ: Shang Yang's political reform of Qin state 秦國|秦国 of 356 BC and 350 BC, that put it on the road to world domination

Child Words of 商鞅

• 商 商 shāng: commerce
• 鞅 鞅 yāng: martingale (part of a horse's harness)
• 鞅 鞅 yàng: wooden yoke for a draft ox