Shang Yang

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Chinese statesman Legalist philosopher Warring States period person political reformer

Shang Yang was an influential Chinese statesman and philosopher of the Warring States period whose reforms in the state of Qin laid the foundations for Legalist political theory and the eventual unification of China.

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instanceOf Chinese statesman ⓘ
Legalist philosopher ⓘ
Warring States period person ⓘ
political reformer ⓘ
activeInPeriod Warring States period NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Gongsun Yang NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wei Yang NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWork Book of Lord Shang NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthPlace State of Wei NERFINISHED ⓘ
coreIdea discouraging commerce relative to agriculture ⓘ
harsh punishments to maintain order ⓘ
reward for military merit ⓘ
rule by law rather than by virtue ⓘ
state control of population registration ⓘ
strengthening the state over the individual ⓘ
uniform application of laws ⓘ
deathPlace State of Qin NERFINISHED ⓘ
diedIn 338 BC ⓘ
executedBy ruler of Qin ⓘ
heldOffice chief minister of Qin ⓘ
influenced Han Fei NERFINISHED ⓘ
Li Si NERFINISHED ⓘ
Qin Shi Huang’s unification of China ⓘ
Qin administrative system NERFINISHED ⓘ
Qin economic policy ⓘ
Qin legal system ⓘ
Qin military organization ⓘ
Qin social structure ⓘ
Qin state centralization ⓘ
influencedBy Guan Zhong NERFINISHED ⓘ
Legalist thought NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor Shang Yang’s reforms ⓘ
abolition of hereditary aristocratic privileges ⓘ
collective responsibility system ⓘ
household registration reforms ⓘ
legal and administrative reforms in Qin ⓘ
merit-based rank system for soldiers ⓘ
promotion of agriculture and war ⓘ
standardization of local administration ⓘ
strict enforcement of laws ⓘ
legacy laid foundations for Qin unification of China ⓘ
major figure in the development of Legalist political theory ⓘ
mannerOfDeath execution by being torn apart by chariots ⓘ
name Shang Yang NERFINISHED ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Legalism NERFINISHED ⓘ
servedRuler Duke Xiao of Qin NERFINISHED ⓘ
servedState State of Qin NERFINISHED ⓘ
workAuthored Book of Lord Shang NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Qin law code → associatedWith → Shang Yang ⓘ
state of Qin → legalReformsBy → Shang Yang ⓘ
subject surface form: State of Qin
Hundred Schools of Thought → majorFigure → Shang Yang ⓘ
Legalism → majorThinker → Shang Yang ⓘ
Lord Shang → name → Shang Yang ⓘ
state of Qin → notableChancellor → Shang Yang ⓘ
subject surface form: State of Qin