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Wang Mang (65438+ 12, 45 years ago-65438+23 years ago 10/6 October), Zi Jun, politician, reformer, native of Yuancheng, Wei County (now daming county, Handan, Hebei Province), eldest son, king of newborn, nephew of filial piety queen Wang of the Western Han Dynasty, usurped the throne. The founding emperor of the new dynasty reigned for 8 to 23 years.

Although many of Wang Mang's practices are very similar to those of modern people, Wang Mang's measures can be found in the ritual system of the Western Zhou Dynasty. Wang Mang's reform belongs to the scripted return to the ancient ritual system. However, with the development of society, blindly copying the ancient system and radical means will bring the whole society to a standstill. Finally, land and currency reforms have evolved into a means of plundering people's wealth.

Wang Mang appreciates being called "Duke of Zhou", but there are too many unrealistic policies that make him have to change frequently. People and officials are at a loss, and hyperinflation has aroused the dissatisfaction of the people all over the country. Coupled with the plague of locusts, drought and famine all over the country, farmers everywhere rose up in succession.

Hu Shi rehabilitated Wang Mang: "Wang Mang was the first socialist in China." He agreed with Wang Mang's three policies of state-owned land, equal production and abolition of slavery. "Follwed was wronged 1900 years, so far there is no fair judgment.

His famous family, Wang Anshi, was reviled for a while, but someone has already avenged him. However, Wang Mang is a great politician, and his courage and skill far exceed Wang Anshi's. Pity such a hard-working person, the essence is "can't do nothing", to "balance the masses and suppress the combination", and finally died on the chopping block, and no one said a fair word for him. "

Like Hu Shi, some historians consider him a visionary and selfless social reformer.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Wang Mang