Wang Anshi made Assisting Civil Councilor
The Song shi basic annals record that in the second lunar month of Xining 2 (AD 1069) on the gengzi day Wang Anshi (王安石) was made Assisting Civil Councilor (canzhi zhengshi, 參知政事).
What this does and does not establish
The Song shi is a Yuan-compiled (1343-45) official history drawing on Song court records; the English is an AI working translation. The rendering of the title is a working translation.
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- Region
- East Asia
- Theme
- Politics and institutions
- Kind of record
- Placed in a year. A source places this in one year. It is listed under that year; no day precision is invented.
How it is dated
- Date reference
- 熙寧 2 (熙寧二年 as numbered by the annals), lunar month 2
- How we use it
- Year assigned from the lunar month under which the annals enter the item; the sexagenary day was not converted to a Julian day.
The date reference is this project’s reading of the source’s date. It may give an era name, a reign or a calendar in a normalised form rather than in the source’s own words; the dating notes say what the source prints.
Dating notes from the research record
Lunar month 2 of 熙寧 2 = Julian 1069-02-24 to 1069-03-25, per Academia Sinica 兩千年中西曆轉換 year table(s) 熙寧2.html (sha256 8c90099f640a…); the whole month lies in AD 1069.
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Sources and quoted text
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Source 1 · Supports the statement
Song shi (History of Song), basic annals
Toghto (脫脫) et al., Yuan court historiographers
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Quoted text (Classical Chinese)
庚子，以王安石參知政事。AI working translation into English; not official or authoritative
On the gengzi day, Wang Anshi was made Assisting Civil Councilor.
Source credit and reuse conditions recorded for this source: Source: Song shi, juan 14, zh.wikisource transcription (revision 2325088). English renderings are AI working translations, not published translations.
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