This travelogue is based on facts, with narration and discussion. Many ideas expounded in it are not only valuable at that time, but also of far-reaching practical significance in today's society. "The extraordinary, magnificent and extraordinary view of the world is always far away from danger" has become a famous saying commonly used by the world.
This article was written by Wang Anshi in the form of reminiscence after he resigned from Shuzhou Tongguan at the age of 34 (154) and visited Baochan Mountain on his way home. Four years later (158), he gave Song Renzong tens of thousands of words and advocated political reform. After 12 years (17), the phase was stopped. He actively promoted the new law despite the opposition of conservatives. Put forward the view that "the weather is not fearful, the ancestors are not legal, and people's words are not compassionate", which is similar to the view in this paper.
Wang Anshi (December 18, 121-May 21, 186), born in Linchuan (now Linchuan District, Fuzhou City, Jiangxi Province), was a famous thinker, politician, writer and reformer in the Northern Song Dynasty. Wang Anshi has successively signed judgments in Yangzhou, made judgments in Yinxian and Shuzhou, and made remarkable achievements. In the second year of Xining (169), he served as a participant in political affairs, and in the following year, he visited the prime minister and presided over the political reform. Because of the opposition of the old school, Xining went on strike in the seventh year (174). A year later, Song Shenzong came into use again, and retired to Jiangning. In the first year of Yuanyou (186), the conservatives gained power, and all the new laws were abolished. Yu Ran died in Zhongshan (now Nanjing, Jiangsu) and was given to a teacher. In the year of Shao Shengyuan (194), he was awarded "Wen", so he was known as Wang Wengong.
Lenin once called Wang Anshi "the reformer of China in the 11th century". The reason why Wang Anshi was bold and determined to reform in power was dominated by his own progressive philosophical thinking. He believed that everything in the world was made up of five elements of Jin Mu's fire, water and soil, and he also regarded "the division of the new and the old" as the law of the development and change of nature, thus establishing the fearless spirit of "natural changes are not enough to be feared, ancestors are not enough to learn the law, and people's words are not enough to show compassion". These progressive ideas also shine brilliantly in his literary works. His prose is famous for its vigor and vitality, which makes him one of the "eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties". His poems are vigorous and fresh, and heroic. It is a pity that most of his works have been lost, and only a few articles (articles) exist today, such as Wang Linchuan Collection, Linchuan Collection, Three Classics and New Meanings, and Laozi's Notes.