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Wang Anshi

Wang Anshi

Chinese1021 – 1086Poetry

Song-dynasty statesman, poet, and reformer whose bold political reforms and classical poetry made him one of the great figures of Chinese history. His verse of social observation is unusually direct for its era.

Works

  • Poems of Wang AnshiCollection of poems in classical form by the Song dynasty statesman→
  • Ten Thousand Words MemorialInfluential political memorial and essay on government and reform→
  • On the Origin of Zhou OfficialsHistorical study on the institutional structure of the Zhou dynasty→
  • Linchuan JiCollected writings of the Song dynasty reformer and thinker→

Related

Su Dongpo·Ouyang Xiu·Li Qingzhao
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