商鞅变法

shāng yāng biàn fǎ

Definitions

1. 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

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Child Words of 商鞅变法

• 法 法 fǎ: France
• 变 变 biàn: to change
• 商 商 shāng: commerce
• 商鞅 商鞅 shāng yāng: 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]
• 变法 变法 biàn fǎ: to change the laws
• 鞅 鞅 yāng: martingale (part of a horse's harness)
• 鞅 鞅 yàng: wooden yoke for a draft ox