商鞅变法

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

Shang Dynasty (c. 1600-1046 BC) / surname Shang

commerce / merchant / dealer / to consult / 2nd note in pentatonic scale / quotient (as in 智商[zhi4 shang1], intelligence quotient)

Shang Yang (c. 390-338 BC), legalist philosopher and statesman of the state of Qin 秦國|秦国[Qin2 guo2], whose reforms paved the way for the eventual unification of the Chinese empire by the Qin dynasty 秦朝|秦朝[Qin2 chao2]

martingale (leather strap in horse harness) / discontented

martingale (part of a horse's harness) / used in 鞅鞅[yang1 yang1]

wooden yoke for a draft ox

to change / to become different / to transform / to vary / rebellion

to change the laws / political reform / unconventional method

variant of 法[fa3]

France / French / abbr. for 法國|法国[Fa3 guo2] / Taiwan pr. [Fa4]

law / method / way / to emulate / (Buddhism) dharma / (abbr. for 法家[Fa3 jia1]) the Legalists / (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉[fa3 la1])

old variant of 法[fa3] / law