"Climbing the Flying Peak" Fly to the Qianxun Pagoda on the mountain, smell the chickens chirping and see the sunrise. Do not fear the floating clouds to cover your eyes, and you are at the highest level.
This is a very rational poem by Wang Anshi, who was the prime minister of the Song Dynasty and presided over Wang Anshi's change of law, "The heavens are not enough to be afraid, the ancestors are not enough to be law," and this is his famous saying.
Wang Anshi's grandfather, Wang Yongzhi, served as Wei WeiSi Cheng (衛尉司丞), and his father, Wang Yi, was a judge of the Linjiang Army and served several times as a prefecture and county official in various parts of the north and south during his lifetime. The daughter of her uncle, cousin and wife, Wu Qiong married Wang Anshi in 1040, when Wang Anshi was only 19 years old; the eldest son Wang Yun, along with his father Wang Anshi and uncle Wang Anguo, was called the "Three Kings of Linchuan".
Su Shi described Wang Anshi as "wise enough to reach his way, enough to argue enough to do his words; the text of Zhen Wei is enough to decorate all things; the outstanding deeds are enough to move the four directions", as a party opposing the change of law, he can give Wang Anshi such a high evaluation, which shows that Wang Anshi's personality is magnificent.
Huang Tingjian: Yu tasted the demeanor of his (Wang Anshi), really regarded wealth and nobility as floating clouds, did not indulge in wealth and wine, and was also a great man of the world.
Huang Tingjian admired Wang Anshi's self-discipline qualities, believing that he could withstand many temptations.
Liang Qichao: If you seek perfection in three generations, only Gongshu is enough to deserve it. A thousand years of time, a great man born in the middle of nowhere, the light of the history of this country. After the Gong Dynasty, a thousand years have passed, and in this millennium, the people regard the public as such, and every time I read the history of the Song Dynasty, I have not failed to abolish the book and mourn. With the unborn masterpiece, but the world's criticism.
Liang Qichao said that Wang Anshi was a perfect person, which was exaggerated and reflected a kind of admiration for him by the literati. Liang Qichao was anxious to find a reform strategy, and his radical ideas echoed Wang Anshi.s.
Lu Simian, a historian of modern China, held in the "General History of China" that Wang Anshi's change of law was painfully slandered by the old history, and recent historians and those who have been defended by Qu qu are actually biased. Wang Anshi's political affairs are all good. But there is a general meaning of administration, that is, what is done must achieve the goal, so the resulting evils must be reduced to very few. If the evil sinus is inevitable, but the purpose is still not achieved, it is inevitable that it will be disturbed. The political affairs that Wang Anshi has done cannot be said to be completely ineffective, but the drawbacks caused by this are extremely great, and it is also impossible to hide.
Mao Zedong believed that Wang Anshi had no general knowledge, did not know the reasons for society, and practiced uncomfortable measures. He believes that Wang Anshi's strategy is out of date. In fact, it is not all right, because Wang Anshi is based on the investigation of the social environment at that time, and the strategy formulated is only not a good method when it is implemented, although it is a good strategy, but it does not realize the consequences after implementation, and it is not adjusted in time, which caused the final failure.
The politician whom Chiang Kai-shek admired the most was also Wang Anshi, who believed that he could, according to the principles of our Chinese politics, formulate a plan that was to the point of the times, organize a new deal, reform society, and build the economy to relieve the poverty and weakness of the Song Dynasty at that time, but his shortcoming was that he did not have sound cadres, did not pay attention to training, and did not know how to implement it, so the result was a complete failure.
Although Chiang Kai-shek admired Wang Anshi, he was helpless in the face of so many drawbacks.
A prime minister that so many people pay attention to is not only his literary brilliance, but more importantly, his position in politics is very high, although his reforms have failed, but it has enlightened many people, and his advanced concepts are admired and regretted.
From his rational poems, we can feel that he is a rational doer, who has the courage to change the unknown, and has a strong will to change the existing ills. He is a self-disciplined and talented person.
On the occasion of the 1,000th anniversary of Wang Anshi's birth, let us remember this doer who has a book of poetry in his belly.