Death of Wang Anshi

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1. 1086Jiangning Prefecture · Nanjing CityWang Anshi died of illness in Jiangning Prefecture at age 66. He had twice served as chancellor under Emperor Shenzong to implement the New Policies; in his later years he retired to Jiangning to write, and by the time of the Yuanyou Restoration his New Policies had been abolished by the court.
2. 1086Zhongshan · Nanjing CityThe court posthumously granted Wang Anshi the title Grand Guardian, and he was buried at Zhongshan in Jiangning. The Yuanyou Restoration was then underway; though the conservatives abolished the New Policies, they still bestowed posthumous honors on Wang Anshi.