Highly composite, it nonetheless forms a "relatively coherent ideological vision", likely reflecting the evolution of what Zheng Liangshu (1989) dubbed Shang Yang's 'intellectual current' (xuepai 學派).
This complex entity, though intricate, presents a coherent ideological vision, likely reflecting the development of what Zheng Liangshu (1989) termed Shang Yang's 'intellectual current' (xuepai 學派).