王安石(1021—1086年)是北宋中叶领导变法运动的进步政治家、思想家。他以“天变不足畏,祖宗不足法,人言不足恤”的大无畏精神,同坚持尊儒反法的顽固保守势力进行了长期的激烈的斗争。无产阶级的伟大领袖列宁称赞他是“中国十一世纪时的改革家”(《修改工人政党的土地纲领》,《列宁全集》第10卷,第152页)。1069年,宋神宗赵顼任命王安石为参知政事,翌年,又委为宰相,从此开始了有名的变法运动。这次变法持续了十六年(1069—1085年),最后虽然失败了,但在历史上的影响是巨大的。 Wang Anshi (1021-1086) was a progressive politician and thinker who led the reform movement in the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty. In the dauntless spirit of “becoming less awed by fear of ancestors, lawlessness of ancestors, people claim inadequate,” he held a long and fierce struggle with the stubborn conservative forces that insisted on Confucianism and opposing the law. Lenin, the great leader of the proletariat, praised him as “the reformer of China in the 11th century” (“Revising the Land Program for Workers’ Parties,” Collected Works of Lenin, Vol. 10, p. 152). In 1069, Emperor Song Zong Zhao Zong appointed Wang Anshi to be a member of the government. In the following year, he appointed another prime minister, and began a famous transformation movement. The reform lasted for 16 years (1069-1085). Although it failed last, its historical impact was enormous.