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...

"legalism". The Book of Lord Shang includes a large number of ordinances, essays, and courtly petitions attributed to Shang Yang, as well as discourses delivered...

of the Fajia. Its more Legalistic figures include ministers Li Kui and Shang Yang, and more Daoistic figures Shen Buhai and philosopher Shen Dao, with the...

Yang Jia (Chinese: 陽甲) or Xiang Jia, personal name Zi He, was a Shang dynasty King of China. In the Records of the Grand Historian he was listed by Sima...

Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2017. Yang Shangkun (Yang Shang-kun) (1907-1998) in China at war: an Encyclopedia, edited by Xiaobing...

The strength of the Qin state was greatly increased by the reforms of Shang Yang in the fourth century BC, during the Warring States period. In the mid...

minister Shang Yang made centralizing and authoritarian reforms in accordance with his Legalist philosophy between the years 356 and 338 BC. Shang introduced...

Yin and yang (English: /jɪn/, /jæŋ/), also yinyang or yin-yang, is a concept that originated in Chinese philosophy, describing an opposite but interconnected...

338 BC. Duke Xiao is best known for employing the Legalist statesman Shang Yang from the Wey state and authorizing him to conduct a series of ground breaking...

Shang Yang (Chinese: 尚扬; born 1942, former name Shang Nengquan) is a contemporary Chinese painter based in Beijing and is considered one of the most important...

Palace of the High and Supreme Great Way" (大聖祖高上大道金闕玄元天皇大帝, Dà Shèngzǔ Gāo Shǎng Dàdào Jīnquē Xuán Yuán Tiānhuáng Dàdì). A seventh-century work, the Sandong...

to the technique of Shen Buhai and Han Fei, but regarding law followed Shang Yang. John Knoblock, a translator of classical Chinese texts, considered Li...

the State of Qin in 338 BC: lawmaker Shang Yang's entire family was killed by order of King Huiwen, while Shang Yang himself was sentenced to death by being...

Fan Yang-shang (Chinese: 范揚盛; born 21 October 1937) is a Taiwanese politician. Fan attended the Taipei campus of National Chung Hsing University, where...

Zheng Shang-Chi, also known as the Master of Kung Fu and Brother Hand, is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The...

while in office. A contemporary of syncretist Shi Jiao and "Legalist" Shang Yang, he was born in the State of Zheng, and was likely a minor official there...

dynasty in 221 BC. Shang Yang's theories were later expanded upon by Han Fei, another Legalist scholar. Han Fei amalgamated Shang's ideas with those of...

committed a crime and was severely punished for it. The great minister Shang Yang was just then implementing his legalist reforms to the laws of Qin and...

Feizi, synthesizer of Legalist theories. Li Kui Li Si Shang Yang Shen Buhai Shen Dao Zi Chan Yang Zhu Deng Xi Hui Shi, relativistic Logician who influenced...

Middle Ages and the Renaissance and today.[failed verification] Classics Shang Yang, Guan Zhong and Chanakya, widely discussed the power of state. Many other...

Yang Wei or Wei Yang may refer to: Shang Yang or Wei Yang (Chinese: 衞鞅; c. 390–338 BCE), ancient Chinese philosopher and politician Yang Longyan (897–920)...

Shang Fa Yang (Chinese: 楊祥發; pinyin: Yáng Xiángfā; November 10, 1932 – February 12, 2007) was a Taiwanese-American botanist. He was a professor at the...

the author of the Liezi. Yang Zhu, proposed ethical egoism and founded Yangism. Mozi, the founder of Mohist school. Shang Yang, Legalist founder and pivotal...

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is a 2021 American superhero film based on Marvel Comics featuring the character Shang-Chi. Produced by Marvel...

theology, traditions derived respectively from the Shang and subsequent Zhou dynasties. The religion of the Shang was based on the worship of ancestors and god-kings...

with interests. That being done, the ruler minimizes his own input. Like Shang Yang and other fa philosophers, he admonishes the ruler not to abandon fa for...

the end Shang Yang overreached himself and, by amassing too much power, incurred the jealousy of others. After the death of Lord Xiao, Shang Yang was accused...

private land ownership. It was first suspended in the state of Qin by Shang Yang and other states soon followed suit, though King Hui of Wei and King Xuan...

playwright, socialite, and, notably, a divorcee Liu Run Xuan Zhang Yu Anna Kirke Yang Mi as Wang Xumei, Zhan Zhou’s prison inmate Kang Chunlei Peng Yuchang Yin...

policies and most trusted advisers were Legalist, favouring adherents of Shang Yang. However, despite establishing an autocratic and centralised state, Emperor...