Shang Yang lived from approximately 390 to 338 BCE, a Chinese statesman and legal theorist of the Warring States period who served as chief minister of the State of Qin and is regarded as the founder of the Legalist, or Fajia, school of Chinese jurisprudence. His reforms replaced the older aristocratic order with a system of impartially applied written law, standardized administrative units, and rewards and punishments tied strictly to conduct rather than status, reforms credited with transforming Qin into the state that would later unify China. His teachings survive chiefly in the text known as the Book of Lord Shang.
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RoleChancellor of Qin; founder of the Legalist school of Chinese jurisprudence 1 Nationality / JurisdictionState of Qin (ancient China) 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Shang Yang was a Chinese statesman and thinker whose successful reorganization of the state of Qin paved the way for the eventual unification of the Chinese empire by the Qin dynasty (221–207 bce).
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