Wang Anshi (December 18, 1021 - May 21, 1086), courtesy name Jiefu, nickname Banshan, Han nationality, native of Linchuan (now Linchuan District, Fuzhou City, Jiangxi Province), was a famous thinker in the Northern Song Dynasty , politician, writer, reformer.
In the second year of Qingli (1042), Wang Anshi became a Jinshi. He has successively served as Yangzhou signing magistrate, Yinxian county magistrate, Shuzhou general magistrate, etc., with remarkable political achievements. In the second year of Xining (1069), he was appointed as the governor of political affairs. The following year, he became the prime minister and presided over the reform. Due to opposition from the conservative faction, Xi was dismissed as prime minister in the seventh year of Xining's reign (1074). A year later, Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty took up the post again, then dismissed him and retreated to Jiangning. In the first year of Yuanyou (1086), the conservatives gained power and all new laws were abolished. Yu Ran died of illness in Zhongshan (now Nanjing, Jiangsu) and was given to the Taifu. In the first year of Shaosheng (1094), he received the posthumous title "Wen" and was called Wang Wengong in his later life.
Wang Anshi devoted himself to the study of Confucian classics and wrote books. He was known as the "Tongru Confucian" and created the "Jinggong New Study", which promoted the formation of the ancient style of study in the Song Dynasty. Philosophically, the use of the "Five Elements Theory" to explain the formation of the universe has enriched and developed ancient Chinese simple materialist thought; its philosophical proposition "new and old are eliminated" has pushed ancient Chinese dialectics to a new height.
Wang Anshi has made outstanding achievements in literature. His prose has clear arguments, strict logic, and strong persuasiveness, giving full play to the practical function of ancient prose; his essays are concise, sharp, short and concise, and he is ranked among the "Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties". His poems "learned from Du's thinness and toughness", and he was good at reasoning and rhetoric. In his later years, his poetry style was implicit, deep, profound and unobtrusive. His style of richness, spirit and far-reaching rhyme made him unique in the poetry circle of the Northern Song Dynasty, and he was known as "Wang Jinggong style" in the world. There are "Wang Linchuan Collection", "Linchuan Collection Supplements" and so on.
Existing works include "Linchuan Collection", "Linchuan Collection Supplements", "Songs of Mr. Linchuan", "Collected Works of Mr. Linchuan", etc.
Essays
"Shang Zhongyong", "Climbing Feilai Peak", "Book of Confessions of Emperor Shanren", "Notes on Nothing in This Dynasty for a Hundred Years", "Reply to Sima's Remonstrance", " "Material Theory", "Travel to Bao Zen Mountain", "Reading the Biography of Mengchang Jun", "Cixi County Academic Records", "Yangzhou New Garden Pavilion", "Book of Masters", "Ouyang Wenzhong Official Document"
Poetry
"Two Songs of Ming Fei" "Books on Mr. Hu Yin's Wall" "Chess" "Boat Boat Guazhou" "Playing Chess and Gambling with Xue Zhaoming" "Losing a Plum Blossom Poem in a Game of Chess and Gambling with Xue Zhaoming" "Spring Night" "Beishan" "Gexiyi" "Showing the Lord of Chang'an" "Suburban Journey" "Climbing Feilai Peak" "Qianqiu Suiyin" "Plum Blossom" "Two Songs of Ming Fei" "Plum Blossom" "Yuanri" "Climbing Feilai Peak" " "Shang Yang", "Shu Huyin's Wall", "Chess", "Spring Night", "Beishan", "Su Qin", "Eighteen Beats of Hujia" and "Dream Composition"
Cigraphy
"Cinnamon Fragrance·Jinling Nostalgic" "Nanxiangzi·Emperor State from Ancient Times" "Proud Fisherman·Lights have been closed for half a month" "Bodhisattva Barbarian·Several Thatched Houses Leisurely by the Water" "Qingpingle·Spring Cannot Stay" "Huanxi Sand" ·A hundred acres of courtyard is half covered with moss" "Qianqiu Suiyin·Autumn Scenery" "Bodhisattva Man·Collected Sentences" "Lang Tao Sha Ling·Ilu Two Faint Old Man"