At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Feng Menglong compiled a series of words that warned the world, including "An Xiang Gong hates the Mid-Levels Hall", which is about the failure of Wang Anshi's political reform. Wang Anshi retired to his hometown in his later years, and all he saw and heard along the way were people's dissatisfaction and resentment against the political reform, and he died of depression and remorse. The article wrote: "Because of his stubbornness, all buddhas and bodhisattvas also advised him not to look back. Everyone called him' stubborn xianggong'."
2, 3 deficiencies
"God is fearless, ancestors are illegal, and people are not merciful." This statement was not made by Wang Anshi, but it is in line with his thoughts. Therefore, it is generally attributed to Wang Anshi. "No need to be afraid of changes in nature" means no need to be afraid of disasters in nature; "Ancestor's insufficient law" means not to blindly imitate the laws and regulations formulated by predecessors, and "people's insufficient words" means not to worry about gossip.
Later generations praised these three sentences, thinking that they expressed the fearless spirit and attitude of a reformer. It is with this spirit and perseverance that Wang Anshi withstood all pressures, removed all obstacles and unswervingly promoted the new law.
Step 3 be concise and clear
When Wang Anshi was prime minister, Xiao Gongzi, a relative of his daughter-in-law's family, went to visit Wang Anshi when he arrived 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 dared not 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, leaving all the edges. Wang Anshi ate the rest of the cake. That Xiao Gongzi left in shame.
Step 4 keep it secret
When Wang Anshi was appointed as the imperial edict, Wang Anshi's wife Wu took Wang Anshi as a concubine. The woman went to serve Wang Anshi, and Wang Anshi asked, "Who are you?" The woman claimed that she was "owed by the government and forced to sell herself". Hearing this, Wang Anshi not only confiscated her as a concubine, but also sent money to help her pay off her official debts and let her have a second romantic relationship with her husband.
Someone told Wang Anshi's wife that her husband likes to eat shredded deer. He ate the dish of shredded deer instead of other dishes at dinner. The lady asked, where did you put the broken deer? Everyone said it was right in front of him. The lady changed the position of the dish the next day, and the deer silk was placed farthest from him. It turns out that Wang Anshi only eats the dishes around him, and there is deer silk on the table as usual, but he has no clue.
5, tempering.
When Wang Anshi wrote "Dengguazhou", the third sentence was originally written as "Spring Breeze Arrives in Jiang Nanan", which is not good. Later it was changed to "Guo". I have seen it several times, but it is not good. It was changed to the word "gold", then to the word "full", and more than a dozen words were changed. Finally, it was determined to be "green": "make green".
Baidu Encyclopedia-The Story of Wang Anshi