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商鞅

Shāng Yāng

2-character word

What 商鞅 means

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

The characters in 商鞅

• 商shāngcommerce; merchant; dealer
• 鞅yāngmartingale (part of a horse's harness); used in 鞅鞅

Words starting with 商鞅

• 商鞅变法Shāng Yāng biàn fǎShang Yang's political reform of Qin state 秦国 of 356 BC and 350 BC, that put it on the…