★ This masterwork of Liu Tangxi, a highly popular historical writer, takes you to witness Shang Yang's great wisdom in breaking the world's changing situation! His personal Zhihu column has garnered a cumulative reading volume of over 30 million!

★ The book, with its rational discourse and analytical rigor, uncovers the zeitgeist of Shang Yang's era, revealing the hidden logic of China's historical progression.
- Decoding why Shang Yang is hailed as the architect of China's unification.
- A multifaceted and panoramic reconstruction of the historical veracity behind the Shang Yang Reforms.
- An introspective examination of Shang Yang's triumphs and failings.
- An exhaustive dissection of the enduring legacy of Shang Yang's reforms on subsequent generations.
- A narrative of the journey from the strife among powerful states to the advent of a unified nation.
- A clash between idealism and realism.

★ Embrace this classic treatise of ancient rhetoric and strategy, and absorb the practical acumen and art of navigating epochal transformations.

This book delves into the legend of Shang Yang, a respected reformist from the turbulent Warring States period. It focuses on his deployment of reforms in the epoch-making transition from a slave society to a feudal system.

With his foresighted strategic vision and unwavering determination, Shang Yang abolished the traditional wellfield system, expanded agricultural land, stimulated agriculture and textile industries, and established titles based on military courage. Every policy reflects his extraordinary historical insight and reform courage.

The interaction between the advantages and disadvantages of Shang Yang's initiative and its lasting legacy have woven a complex picture of historical reality. But beyond that, the tragic ending of this reformer is both sad and thought-provoking...

Liu Tangxi

Liu Tangxi, formerly known as Liu Xi, is a historian and biographer, and the annual author of the Zhihu Salt Selection column. The cumulative reading volume of my Zhihu column has exceeded 30 million. Representative works include "The Edict of Tu'en: The Truth of the Eternal Yang Strategy", "The Biography of Xu Shou", "Online Ghosts", etc.