Wang Anshi (王安石) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Wang Anshi as an official, scholar, and statesman. This record brings together 24 passages from 5 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Wang Anshi	王安石	Wang Anshi
Alternate	Anshi	安石	Anshi
Personal	Anshi	安石
Title	Director of the Ministry of Personnel	吏部尚書	Libu shangshu
Title	Grand Academician of the Hall for Observing Culture	觀文殿大學士	Guanwen dian daxueshi
Personal name	Wang Anshi	安石	Anshi
Personal name	Wang Anshi	王安石	Wang Anshi

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · songshi:014:s0046, songshi:107:s0137, songshi:120:s0154, yuanshi:066:s0234

Roles

Official
Scholar
Statesman

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 政和 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1111 · End: AD 1118
Explicit event contextual date · songshi:120:s0153, songshi:120:s0154
Source Date: Text: 治平四年 · Western Year: AD 1067
Explicit event contextual date · songshi:014:s0046
Source Date: Text: 熙寧之初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1068 · End: AD 1069
Explicit event contextual date · songshi:107:s0137
Source Date: Text: 熙寧二年二月庚子 · Western Year: AD 1069
Explicit · songshi:014:s0177
Source Date: Text: 熙寧五年 · Western Year: AD 1072
Explicit event contextual date · songshi:107:s0169
Source Date: Text: 熙寧八年 · Western Year: AD 1075
Explicit event contextual date · songshi:197:s0100, songshi:197:s0112
Source Date: Text: 熙寧六年 · Western Year: AD 1073
Explicit event contextual date · songshi:197:s0081, songshi:197:s0091
Source Date: Text: 王安石之法 · Western Year: AD 1070
Strongly inferred · yuanshi:066:s0234

Career and standing

Label: Hanlin academician / 翰林學士 · Action: appointed
Explicit · songshi:014:s0273
Label: Jiangning prefect / 知江寧府 · Action: appointed
Explicit · songshi:014:s0046
Label: participating administrator / 參知政事 · Action: appointed
Explicit · songshi:014:s0177
Label: Director of the Ministry of Personnel / 吏部尚書 · Action: held
Explicit · songshi:120:s0154
Label: Grand Academician of the Hall for Observing Culture / 觀文殿大學士 · Action: held
Explicit · songshi:120:s0154
Label: Prefect of Jiangning / 知江甯府 · Action: held
Explicit · songshi:120:s0154
Status: former-chief-minister · Action: held
Explicit · songshi:120:s0154

Places and affiliations

Polity: Song / 宋 · Relation: served
Strongly inferred · songshi:120:s0154
Place: Jiangning / 江甯府 · Relation: posted-to
Explicit · songshi:120:s0154

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: true
Explicit · songshi:197:s0091, songshi:197:s0112, songshi:197:s0113, songshi:197:s0116

Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: founder · Action: created Three Departments Regulations Office / New Policies · Other Person Id: Chen Shengzhi (陳升之)
Explicit · songshi:014:s0180
Kind: debate · Role: advocate · Action: defended-directorate-against-fraud-charge
Explicit · songshi:197:s0117
Kind: political · Role: advocate · Action: honored-xizu-as-founding-ancestor · Other Person Id: Emperor Xizu (僖祖) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 熙寧之初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1068 · End: AD 1069
Explicit · songshi:107:s0137, songshi:107:s0169
Kind: debate · Role: advocate · Action: supported-Zhou-Shilong-chariot-plan · Other Person Id: Zhou Shilong (周士隆)
Explicit · songshi:197:s0091
Relation: opponent-of · Person Id: Sima Guang (司馬光)
Explicit · songshi:107:s0170
Relation: opposed-by · Person Id: Lu Hui (呂誨)
Explicit · songshi:014:s0201
Relation: opponent-of · Person Id: Han Wei (韓維)
Explicit · songshi:107:s0137, songshi:107:s0170
Relation: patron-of · Person Id: Zhang Heng (章衡)
Explicit · songshi:107:s0137
Relation: opponent-of · Person Id: Feng Jing (馮京)
Explicit · songshi:107:s0138

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: example of disregarding public opinion to force great works · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report · Source Person Id: Xu Youren (許有壬)
Explicit · yuanshi:066:s0234
Assessment: pressed-private-theory · Provenance: Mode: named-person-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Dong Bian (董弅)
Explicit · songshi:107:s0137
Assessment: uncanonical-forced-interpretation · Provenance: Mode: named-person-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Zhu Xi (朱子)
Explicit · songshi:107:s0194