咸阳 / Xianyang

咸阳 / Xianyang appears in 《资治通鉴·周纪》17丨韩昭侯和申不害 as the new 秦国 capital selected at the opening of 公孙鞅 / 商鞅’s second reform round in 350 BCE. The episode treats the move from Liyang to Xianyang as more than an address change: it is part of 商鞅变法 becoming a durable state geography.

The source explains the name through location: south of the Jiuzong mountains and north of the Wei River, with “xian” glossed as total or complete. It also notes that Qin remains centered there through 秦始皇’s unification and the Qin dynasty’s end.

Connections

• 秦国 - polity whose capital moves there.
• 公孙鞅 / 商鞅 and Shang Yang Reforms / 商鞅变法 - reformer and reform package linked to the move.
• Strategic Capital Relocation / 战略性迁都 - broader concept for reading capitals as statecraft instruments.
• Qin Administrative Standardization / 秦国行政标准化 - second-reform administrative branch in the same source.
• 秦始皇 - later Qin ruler used by the source to mark the capital’s duration.