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商鞅变法 / 商鞅變法 [ShāngYāngbiànfǎ]
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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商
shāng あきな.う 상
commerce, business
商鞅
ShāngYāng
Shang Yang (c. 390-338 BC), legalist philosopher and statesman of the state of Qin 秦國|秦国[Qínguó], whose reforms paved the way for the eventual unification of the Chinese empire by the Qin dynasty 秦朝|秦朝[Qíncháo]
鞅
むながい 앙
leather strap over horse's neck
法
fǎ のり 법
law
變
biàn か.わる 변
change
變法
biànfǎ へんぽう
to change the laws