jan 1, 1070 - Wang Anshi

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- 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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