Wang Anshi's Historical Story

When Wang Anshi was prime minister, Xiao Gongzi, a relative of his daughter-in-law's family, went to visit Wang Anshi after arriving in Beijing. Wang Anshi invited him to dinner. The next day, Xiao's son dressed up and went there, expecting Wang Anshi to give him a banquet. After noon, he felt very hungry, but he was afraid to leave like this.

After a long time, Wang Anshi ordered to sit down, and the food was not ready. Xiao Gongzi felt very strange in his heart. After drinking a few glasses of wine, he served two Hu cakes and four pieces of meat. After dinner, he only put a vegetable soup beside him. Xiao's son is very arrogant. He only eats a small part of the Hu cake and leaves all the noodles. Wang Anshi took the rest of the cake and ate it. That Xiao Gongzi left in shame.

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Literary achievements

Wang Anshi's essays, aiming at current political or social problems, have distinct views and profound analysis. Long horizontal but not simple, short awkward but not thin. They expounded political opinions and opinions with rigorous structure, thorough reasoning, concise language and strong generality and logic, which played a positive role in promoting political reform and consolidating the achievements of poetry innovation movement in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Wang Anshi's essays are straightforward, concise, short and pithy, forming a unique style of "thin and hard". For example, Reading the Biography of Meng Changjun is less than 100 words long, but it is clear-cut, thorough, concise and sweeping, and its logical power is beyond doubt. Some of them are landscape travel essays, which are concise, lively and labor-saving, and also record travel and reasoning.

Commemorate future generations

Located in Zhongying Temple, Yinzhou District, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, the memorial hall of Wang Anshi in Yinzhou vividly introduces Wang Anshi's life and achievements in governing Yinzhou with photos, paintings and objects to commemorate every reform he carried out in Yinxian County. The museum exhibits Wang Anshi's historical relics in Yin, which is divided into seven parts: chronicle, strategy for governing Yin, rebuilding East Lake, promoting learning and educating people, singing elegant demeanor, immortal monument and new look of the lake area.

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