这一章主要介绍了王安石变法,对于王安石的个性可以窥之一二以及苏轼的父亲对此持有的态度。
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What’s author’s opinion towards totalitarianism?
The author believed throughout history, never was a totalitarian theory advanced without the basic appeal that it was for the good of the state and of the common people.
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表达积累
政绩斐然 good administritative record
看穿,看透 see through
沽名钓誉(中文其实也不知道)用不正当的手段捞取名誉
an element of conscious self-advertisement
心不在焉 a state of absent-mindedness
精神崇高 high spirituality
渐渐器重 Develop a very high opinion of