Shang Yang

Qin State statesman, chancellor and reformer (c. 390–338 BC)

Shang Yang (Chinese: 商鞅; c. 390 – 338 BC), also known as Wei Yang (衞鞅) and originally surnamed Gongsun (公孫), was a chancellor and reformer of the State of Qin. Ultimately becoming arguably the "most famous and influential statesman" from the (early) Warring States period, he was more evidently known to Xun Kuang as a renowned military leader whose reforms strengthened Qin. Possibly going into broad circulation late in the period, writings associated with Shang Yang went on to influence the Han Feizi.

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