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What is the summary of the story of Shang Yang Li Mu?

Summary of the story of Shang Yang standing on a tree;

In the 13th year of Xiaozong (the first 356 years) and 19th year (the first 350 years), Shang Yang carried out political reform twice. The contents of the political reform were "abandoning mining fields, building buildings, implementing the county system, rewarding farming and weaving, and implementing the method of sitting together". When he began to innovate, in order to win the trust of the people, he sent someone to erect a tree in the city and told him, "Whoever can move it to the gate will be given ten pieces of gold."

No one in the state of Qin believed it, and later it was increased to 50 gold, so someone carried wood to the city gate and rewarded it with 50 gold. From then on, he announced and carried out the filial piety reform of "moving wood to establish faith". In a poem praising Shang Yang, Wang Anshi in the Northern Song Dynasty compared the importance of keeping promises with "a word is more important than a hundred gold".

Shang Yang (about 395-338 BC) was born in Dunqiu, Weiguo (now Liangzhuang Town, Neihuang County, Anyang City, Henan Province).

The historical data of Shang Yang's birth are not detailed enough, but what we can know at present is that he is a distant branch of patriotic clan, Wei is a small country and has to rely on the powerful Wei State to survive; As an adult, Shang Yang joined the ruling minister of Wei, Gong Sunshu CuO, calling himself "Guo Gongsun", so he was also called Gong Sunyang or Weiyang by the world. Shang Yang was his name after he was named Shang Dynasty in Qin State.

Shang Yang is an important figure in the history of China. Liang Qichao listed him as one of the six great politicians in China. Shang Jun, which expounded his political and military thoughts, has always been regarded as an important classic of pre-Qin legalists.