Wang Anshi was born in a bureaucratic Confucian family in the Northern Song Dynasty. His great-uncle Wang Guanzhi and his father Wang Yi were both scholars in the Song Dynasty. Influenced by his family, he has strong Confucianism. The way he took in the imperial examination was mainly Confucian classics, and Mencius, a Confucian scholar, had a great influence on him. During his one-year study in China, he once wrote, "Only Yang Mo is so …".
In the worship of Mencius, Wang Anshi's academic thought is completely different from the conservative pure Confucianism or vulgar Confucianism, but he inherited and developed it, made a new interpretation of Confucian classics and laid the foundation for its political innovation. His opponent Sima Guang was skeptical of Mencius, and their different academic thoughts led to their political differences. Therefore, in understanding and inheriting Mencius' Confucianism, Wang Anshi has a unique view, which makes him show a sense of loneliness in his homesickness poems and gives birth to a proud loneliness and loneliness persistence. Because of his stubborn personality, it is easy to feel lonely. Wang Anshi's stubborn personality is not only reflected in his radical reform ideas, but also in some of his poems. For example, the understanding of Mencius in this nostalgic poem is very strange. In the first two sentences, the author regards the late Mencius and his legacy as spiritual sustenance and spiritual pillar; Take his "wind vane", that is, personality, as an example. Only I can really understand Mencius' thoughts and his political ideas, which actually implies that the poet inherits Mencius' career, implements his political ideas and realizes his ambition of political reform and innovation. Its arrogant posture aims at serving politics.
",is considered to be" pedantic ". Its situation is like Mencius and Qi Xuanwang's thought of "protecting the people as kings", which is considered as a pedantic and empty theory; The upcoming "kingly politics" is considered to be an unrealistic dream ... It is written that the ancients have the same ideals and ambitions as themselves, but they have similar experiences and loneliness. The last sentence, "So, there are people who comfort the lonely", the ancients (Mencius) treated me as a friend, comforted me, warmed me, moved me, and filled my lonely heart with vitality. Therefore, they always sing the deepest notes in their hearts with the fearless spirit of "Heaven is not afraid enough, ancestors are not law enough, and people are not merciful enough".
The author has been struggling to realize his political ideal all his life, and most of his nostalgic poems have entrusted his lofty political ambition and critical spirit. This poem expresses his loneliness and persistence in homesickness, leaving his outstanding style for future generations.