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