Types of Wang Anshi's prose:
Political essays, letters, prefaces and postscripts, sketches, and landscape travel notes.
Characteristics:
1. Wang Anshi’s literary theory focuses on application, but his unique style of articles is still the first-class work in the Song Dynasty.
2. His argumentative writings, whether long or short, are well-structured, thorough in analysis, and strong in generality.
3. His narrative and lyrical works can be written freely and beautifully, and his lyrics are smooth and powerful, showing his superb ability to control language.
Representative works:
1. Political essays "The Statement of Emperor Shanren" and "Reply to Sima's Remonstrance",
2. Essay "Gun's Theory" ", "Reading the Biography of Lord Mengchang", "The Biography of the Shu Assassin", "Injuring Zhongyong", etc.,
3. Landscape travel prose "The Rise and Construction of Chengpiyuan", "The Journey to Praise Zen Mountain" 》.