jan 1, 1070 - Wang Anshi
Description:
- chief minister of Song Shenzong emperor
- Confucian scholar who promoted more Legalist thinking
- introduced cheap loans, gov't assited irrigation projects, promoted agric. expansion, taxed landlord and scholarly classes, established a well-trained mercenary army, reorganized university and exam system (more analytical thinking)
- reforms shut down by Shenzong emperor successor
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