商鞅变法

shāng yāng biàn fǎ

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Definitions

  1. 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

Child Words of 商鞅变法

法
fǎ

France

变
biàn

to change

商
shāng

commerce

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
biàn fǎ

to change the laws

鞅
yāng

martingale (part of a horse's harness)

鞅
yàng

wooden yoke for a draft ox