Shang Yang

Shang Yang
Shang Yang
	Statue of pivotal reformer Shang Yang
Chinese	商鞅
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Shāng Yāng
Bopomofo	ㄕㄤㄧㄤ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh	Shang Iang
Wade–Giles	Shang1 Yang1
Tongyong Pinyin	Shang Yang
IPA	[ʂáŋ jáŋ]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Sēung Yēung
Jyutping	soeng1 joeng1
IPA	[sœːŋ˥ jœːŋ˥]
Southern Min
Tâi-lô	Siong Ng
Old Chinese
Baxter–Sagart (2014)	*s.taŋ ʔaŋ

Shang Yang (Chinese: 商鞅; c. 390 – 338 BC), also known as Wei Yang (Chinese: 衞鞅) and originally surnamed Gongsun, was a statesman, chancellor and reformer of the State of Qin. Born in the Zhou vassal state of Wey during the Warring States period,^[1] he took up office in the Qin state, where his policies laid the administrative, political and economic foundations that would eventually enable Qin to conquer the other six rival states, unifying China into a centralized rule for the first time in history under the Qin dynasty. Scholars consider it likely that both he and his followers contributed to The Book of Lord Shang, a foundational philosophical work for the school of Chinese legalism.^[2]

^ Antonio S. Cua (ed.), 2003, p. 362, Encyclopedia of Chinese Philosophy [1] "The fifth important legalist, Shang Yang (Wei Yang, c. 390–338 B.C.E.), was born in Wei; his original surname was Gongsun."
^ Pines, Yuri, "Legalism in Chinese Philosophy", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2014 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), 1.1 Major Legalist Texts, http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2014/entries/chinese-legalism/

[Cua-1] Antonio S. Cua (ed.), 2003, p. 362, Encyclopedia of Chinese Philosophy [1] "The fifth important legalist, Shang Yang (Wei Yang, c. 390–338 B.C.E.), was born in Wei; his original surname was Gongsun."

[2] Pines, Yuri, "Legalism in Chinese Philosophy", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2014 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), 1.1 Major Legalist Texts, http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2014/entries/chinese-legalism/

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