商鞅变法

Traditional form:

商鞅變法

Pinyin (reading):

Shāng Yāngbiànfǎ

Definitions:

• 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

Characters:

• 商 - commerce, business, trade
• 鞅 - the strap over a horse's neck
• 变 - to change, to transform, to alter; rebel
• 法 - law, rule, statute; method, way; French

Traditional characters:

• 商 - commerce, business, trade
• 鞅 - the strap over a horse's neck
• 變 - to change, to transform, to alter; rebel
• 法 - law, rule, statute; method, way; French