Shang Yang - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Shang Yang: Encyclopedia Ii - Shang Yang - Reforms
Before Shang Yang's arrival in 361 BC, Qin was a backwards state. The vast majority of his reforms were taken from policies instituted el...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warring States Period: Encyclopedia - Warring States Period
The Warring States Period (traditional Chinese: 戰國時代, simplified Chinese: 战国时代 pinyin Zhànguó Shídài) takes place fro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 4th Century Bc: Encyclopedia - 4th Century Bc
(2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium) 4th century BC - Overview. 4th century BC - Events. Invasion of the Celts ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Well-field System: Encyclopedia - Well-field System
Well-field system (Chinese: 井田制度; Hanyu Pinyin: Jǐngtián zhìdù) was a Chinese land distribution method since at least 9th cen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wei: Encyclopedia - Wei
Wei (魏) refers to: Northern Wei Dynasty, archaeologically the most famous of the Wei dynasties The State of Wei during the Spring and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zhu Rongji: Encyclopedia - Zhu Rongji
Zhū Róngjì (born October 1, 1928, Simplified Chinese: 朱镕基; Traditional Chinese: 朱鎔基; Wade-Giles: Chu Jung-chi) was the 9th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of China - Military Institutions In Imperial China
Military history of China - Qin and Han dynasties. Both the Qin and Western Han empires employed a military system based on universal c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shen Buhai: Encyclopedia Ii - Shen Buhai - Philosophy
Shen was chiefly concerned with government administration through the use of bureaucracy. His system required a strong ruler at the cente...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zhu Rongji: Encyclopedia Ii - Zhu Rongji - Viewpoint
There were great conflicts on viewpoints of the works and personalities of Zhu. Most of the Westerners appreciated Zhu’s western style ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warring States Period: Encyclopedia Ii - Warring States Period - Partition Of Jin
In the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Jin (晉) was arguably the most powerful state in China. However, near the end of the Sprin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warring States Period: Encyclopedia Ii - Warring States Period - Partition Of Jin
In the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Jin (晉) was arguably the most powerful state in China. However, near the end of the Sprin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meritocracy: Encyclopedia Ii - Meritocracy - Individual Proponents
Meritocracy - Confucius. "In teaching there should be no distinction of classes." - Analects XV. 39. tr. Legge Many western admirers of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Traditional Chinese Law: Encyclopedia Ii - Traditional Chinese Law - Varieties Of Law
Traditional Chinese law can be divided into the "official" law and "unofficial law". The "official law" emanates from the authority of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Philosophers: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Philosophers - Notes
Note O: - For more information about this person's contribution to philosophy, see his/her entry in The Oxford Companion to Philosophy....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of China-related Topics M-z: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of China-related Topics M-z - S
Sacred Heart Cathedral of Guangzhou - Sai Kung - San Da - Sangokushi - Saisiyat - Sakya - Salar - Salween River - Sally Yeh - Samjeondo M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warring States Period: Encyclopedia Ii - Warring States Period - Early Strife In The Three Jins, Qi, And Qin
In 371 BC, Marquess Wu of Wei passed away without specifying a successor, causing Wei to fall into an internal war of succession. After t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Traditional Chinese Law: Encyclopedia Ii - Traditional Chinese Law - History
Traditional Chinese law - Early development. The laws of the aristocratic societies of early China put substantial emphasis on maintain...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zhu Rongji: Encyclopedia Ii - Zhu Rongji - Vice Premiership
In 1991, Zhu became the vice-premier of the State Council, transferring to Beijing from Shanghai. Also holding the post of director of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Traditional Chinese Law: Encyclopedia Ii - Traditional Chinese Law - Procedure
Suspects and criminals were arrested by the county police or the posthouse chiefs who were subordinate to the county chief of police. One...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zhu Rongji: Encyclopedia Ii - Zhu Rongji - Premiership
With support from Jiang Zemin and Li Peng, then president and premier respectively, Zhu enacted tough macroeconomic control measures. Fav...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zhu Rongji: Encyclopedia Ii - Zhu Rongji - Personal
Zhu has a good command of English. He is rarely seen speaking from script. In his free time, Zhu enjoys the Peking Opera. Allegedly, Zhu ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shen Buhai: Encyclopedia Ii - Shen Buhai - Historiography
Shen Buhai was criticized by both Confucians and Legalists. Unlike the Confucians, he never mentioned virtue; unlike the Shang Yang wing ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Traditional Chinese Law: Encyclopedia Ii - Traditional Chinese Law - Moral Values And The Law
In contrast to the Legalists, the Confucian view of law was always centred on morality. Xun Zi, an early Confucian thinker, saw the neces...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warring States Period: Encyclopedia Ii - Warring States Period - Chu Expansion And Defeats
Early in the Warring States Period, Chu was one of the strongest states in China. The state rose to a new level around 389 BC when the Ki...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Traditional Chinese Law: Encyclopedia Ii - Traditional Chinese Law - General Characteristics
Equality before law was never officially accepted as a legal principle and as a legal practice. For example, the system of exemption of e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of China - Legalism And Confucianism
Legalist thinkers from Shang Yang to Li Si, both Prime Ministers of Qin, held that the society should be socially regimented and bureaucr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warring States Period: Encyclopedia Ii - Warring States Period - Ascension Of The Kingdoms
In 334 BC, the rulers of Wei and Qi agreed to recognize each other as Kings (王), formalizing the independence of the states and the pow...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of China - Warfare In Ancient China
Ancient China during the Shang Dynasty was a Bronze Age society based on chariot armies. Archaeological study of Shang sites at Anyang ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of China - Legalism And Confucianism
Legalist thinkers from Shang Yang to Li Si, both Prime Ministers of Qin, held that the society should be socially regimented and bureaucr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of China - The Northern Frontier
The "barbarians" (夷, 戎, 狄) of the northern frontier, commonly called hu (胡), include the nomadic Xiongnu, Turks, Khitan, Mongols....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meritocracy: Encyclopedia Ii - Meritocracy - Meritocratic Civilization
Meritocracy - Western civilization: The Anglosphere and Western Europe. Western civilization as a whole is based largely on principles ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meritocracy: Encyclopedia Ii - Meritocracy - Meritocratic States
Meritocracy - Singapore. Among modern nation-states, the Republic of Singapore perhaps aspires to be a pure Meritocracy, with its empha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of China-related Topics M-z: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of China-related Topics M-z - T
T. V. Soong - T. Y. Lin - Ta Kung Pao - Table of Chinese monarchs - Tael - Tabgach - Tagawa Matsu - Tai A Chau - Tai Chi Chuan - Tai Chi-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meritocracy: Encyclopedia Ii - Meritocracy - Origin Of Term
The term was first used, in a pejorative sense, in Michael Young's 1958 book Rise of the Meritocracy, which is set in a dystopian future ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meritocracy: Encyclopedia Ii - Meritocracy - Social Darwinism
Social Darwinism is a social theory which holds that Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection is not only a model for the develo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of China - Weapons And Military Technology
China has been an advanced country in terms of military technology, losing ground only after the Industrial Revolution. In the Qin and Ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of China - Modern China
From the first Opium War in 1839 onwards, changes to military technology, institutions and outlook in China became driven by the West. Fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warring States Period: Encyclopedia Ii - Warring States Period - Zhao's Military Reforms
307 BC. Adoption of superior non-Chinese clothing and cavalry (胡服騎射) under the reign of King Wuling of Zhao (in progress) ... S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warring States Period: Encyclopedia Ii - Warring States Period - Qin's Conquest Of China
In 230 BC, Qin conquers Han. In 225 BC, Qin conquers Wei. In 223 BC, Qin conquers Chu. In 222 BC, Qin conquers Yan and Zhao. In 221 BC, Q...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zhu Rongji: Encyclopedia Ii - Zhu Rongji - Purges Rehabilitation And Deng Xiaoping
Zhu joined the Communist Party of China in October, 1949. He graduated from the prestigious Qinghua University where he majored in electr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warring States Period: Encyclopedia Ii - Warring States Period - The Domination Of Qin And The Resulting Grand Strategies
Towards the end of the Warring States Period, the State of Qin became disproportionately powerful compared to the other six states. As a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warring States Period: Encyclopedia Ii - Warring States Period - Chu Expansion And Defeats
Early in the Warring States Period, Chu was one of the strongest states in China. The state rose to a new level around 389 BC when the Ki...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warring States Period: Encyclopedia Ii - Warring States Period - Early Strife In The Three Jins Qi And Qin
In 371 BC, Marquess Wu of Wei passed away without specifying a successor, causing Wei to fall into an internal war of succession. After t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warring States Period: Encyclopedia Ii - Warring States Period - Shang Yang's Reforms In Qin
Around 359 BC, Shang Yang (商鞅), a minister of the State of Qin, initiated a series of reforms that transformed Qin from a backward st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zhu Rongji: Encyclopedia Ii - Zhu Rongji - Career In Shanghai
Zhu went to work for the State Economic Commission (SEC) as the division chief of the Bureau of Fuel and Power Industry and as the deputy...   » Read the article