Wang Anshi was a well-known reformer, writer, and thinker in the Northern Song Dynasty. Although later generations had mixed opinions on him, his compassion and noble character are actually the most worthy of our study. Although his road to reform was very difficult, he was dedicated to the revitalization of the Northern Song Dynasty, so that many people attacked him and thought he was a villain. In fact, we can learn from his works and some later historical materials. I know that he had no selfish intentions, and everything he did was for the sake of the country, but people at that time couldn’t understand it until Mr. Liang Qichao, a famous scholar in modern times, rediscovered his value and wrote a biography specially for him, which made people Really realized his value.
Any reformer will attract opposition from many people at the beginning. In addition to being responsible and talented, the more important thing is to be responsible and brave to take on infamy. No doubt Wang Anshi possesses all of them. I personally like Wang Anshi very much, not only because he is from Jiangxi, but also because of his courage to be the first in the world. In fact, in addition to historical achievements, Wang Anshi’s literary achievements are enough to make him famous in history, which is comparable to Su Shi, but because he made a reform, when people mention Wang Anshi now, they immediately think of reform. There are also many poems and lyric works that have been circulated in the world, and they have also been selected as the Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties.
Wang Anshi had a good relationship with his father when he was a child, and he often took him out for fun. His growth played a key role. Later, when he went to the capital to revisit the West Taiyi Palace as an official, he wrote two very touching six-character quatrains “Two Songs on the West Taiyi Palace Wall”. At that time, he was filled with emotion. Thinking of my deceased parents, I wrote these two touching classics on the wall.
One of them
The willow leaves are bright and green, and the lotus is red when the sun sets.
36 Pi Chunshui, Baitou wants to see Jiangnan.
Second
Thirty years ago, my father and brother held my things here.
Today, I am back with a white head.
This group of poems was written in AD 1068 (the first year of Xining, Emperor Shenzong of the Northern Song Dynasty), although these two Poetry is not very famous, there are some unpopular, but it is also very affectionately written, and each poem is touching. At this time, my parents died, my family changed, and I was in trouble in my career. These kinds of predicaments are all It was Wang Anshi who was deeply saddened. He recalled his past life and the circumstances when his father took him to the capital to play. It was all vivid in his mind. The pain of grief is all integrated into the work, which makes this poem have a power that directly hits people’s hearts.
The first song is to write about the feeling of visiting the West Taiyi Palace at that time, and the beautiful scenery. It was in the beautiful scenery that Wang Anshi thought of the beautiful scenery in the south of the Yangtze River. There were blooming flowers everywhere. The flowers were blooming like a brocade. The willow leaves grew buds again. In the last two sentences, he turned his pen again, saw the green water in the pond, and thought of Jiangnan, which is thousands of miles away. In this poem, Wang Anshi focuses on the scenery, and through the description of the scenery, he deeply expresses his inner sorrow and his longing for his hometown.
The second song is very sad. At this time, I think of my father and Even though he was very young at the time, he still remembered the situation when his brother brought him here. He still remembered clearly that he had been here thirty years ago. At that time, his father and brother brought him, and the scenery was the same as it was thirty years ago. It’s just that today’s revisit to the old place has long been full of white hair, and has become an old man. He clearly wants to find traces, but it makes people confused. In this sentence, it focuses on the psychological changes, which is in sharp contrast with the previous one, which makes this group of poems more sad.
Wang Anshi’s injustice, as well as his historical achievements, are actually caused by people in the past What has been smeared, whether it is his reforms or his literary achievements, it is unprecedented, and no one has come since; and from such a set of poems, we can also feel his compassion for the world and the people, and the past. In recollection, life is too short and his career is unsuccessful, but he is already gray-haired.