The Historical Enlightenment Of Shang Yang’s Reform To Comprehensively Deepen Reform

Reform is the partial adjustment of production relations,the self-improvement of social system,and the main means to alleviate social contradictions and promote social progress.Shang Yang’s reform is one of the earliest cases in Chinese history that achieved practical results and had far-reaching influence.It not only promoted Qin from a small country in the west to one of the seven powers in the Warring States period,but also laid the foundation for the first emperor of Qin to rule the country.Shang Yang’s reform is rich in connotation,involving politics,economy,culture,military and many other aspects.To a certain extent,it constructs the reform paradigm of the Chinese nation.Comprehensively deepening the reform is a scientific decision made by the Central Committee of CPC based on the reality of contemporary China.The goal is to upholding and improve the socialist system with Chinese characteristics,promote the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity,resolutely get rid of all outdated ideas and system and mechanism defects,break through the barriers of interest solidification,absorb the beneficial achievements of human civilization,and build a comprehensive scientific standardized and effective system to give full play to the superiority of China’s socialist system.Comprehensively deepening the reform is rooted in the excellent traditional Chinese culture,and many successful experiences of Shang Yang’s reform can be used for reference.The idea of rule by law is of great significance for promoting the rule of law in an all-round way;On the basis of philosophy,there is an internal consistency between the measures of emphasizing agriculture and restraining commerce and today’s policies of emphasizing reality and restraining falsehood;The ideas of enriching the country and strengthening the army are enlightening for today’s building of a world-class army.Restricted by historical conditions,Shang Yang’s reform inevitably has its limitations.He belittles the policy of education and ignorance of the people,worsens the social atmosphere and causes social crisis,which warns us to attach great importance to the role of culture and promote the construction of a socialist cultural power in the process of comprehensively deepening reform;Firmly establish the concept of people first,adhere to the dominant position of the people,and enhance the people’s sense of identity and acquisition of reform.This paper adopts the method of comparative study,through the comparative analysis of Shang Yang’s reform policy of "harsh punishment","emphasizing agriculture and restraining commerce","enriching the country and strengthening the army","belittling education","fooling the people and weakening the people" and the comprehensive deepening reform thought of "combining morality and law","strengthening the real economy and regulating the virtual economy","building a strong army","building a cultural power" and "putting the people first",deeply excavates the era value of Shang Yang’s reform,It can effectively enhance the foresight of various policies for comprehensively deepening reform.