Question) Based on a close analysis of the Discourses on Salt and Iron in comparison and the political visions of Wang Anshi (1021-1086) and Sima Guang (1019-1086), compare and contrast their views of good government. What were the political visions of the reform councilor Wang Anshi? How did his views of good government differ from his arch-rival Conservative historian Sima Guang’s? How did their views differ from those of the Lord Grand Secretariat and the Literati in the Discourses on Salt and Iron?

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