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Wang Anshi

Type Figure Region China Time 1021–1086 Also known as Wang Jiefu、Banshan

Wang Anshi (1021–1086), a native of Linchuan in Fuzhou, was a Northern Song statesman, writer, and thinker.…

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  1. 1021–1068Linchuan, Fuzhou · FuzhouFrom Linchuan, he obtained the jinshi degree in the second year of Qingli, and successively served as county magistrate of Yin and prefect of Changzhou, attending closely to local administration and finance, gradually forming his reform proposals, and was summoned by Emperor Shenzong.
  2. 1069–1076Bianjing · BianjingAs Vice Councillor he directed the Xining New Laws, establishing the Bureau for the Regulation of the Three Departments and implementing the Green Sprouts, Service Exemption, Market Exchange, and Baojia systems, striving to enrich the state and strengthen the military, which sparked the New-Old factional strife.
  3. 1077–1086Jiangning · JiangningAfter being removed as chancellor he served as prefect of Jiangning, and was enfeoffed as Duke of Jing; he died at Zhongshan in the first year of Yuanyou. The New Laws were abolished and then reinstated during Emperor Zhezong's reign, and his political and scholarly influence continued for generations.

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