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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...
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    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...
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  • "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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    Yin and yang (English: /jɪn/, /jæŋ/), also yinyang or yin-yang, is a concept that originated in Chinese philosophy, describing an opposite but interconnected...
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  • 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...
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    minister Shang Yang made centralizing and authoritarian reforms in accordance with his Legalist philosophy between the years 356 and 338 BC. Shang introduced...
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  • 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...
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