For 10 points, name this Song Dynasty chancellor who pressed for many liberal reforms.
This man created a system of horse breeding that gave horses to civilian families to take care of in order to deal with an export embargo, and this man published a dictionary entitled Explanations of Characters. This man's rudimentary work was collected in his "Thousand Word Memorial," and was responsible for eliminating rote memorizations of the classics and poetry composition from the national academy. This man was partially inspired by the 10-point memorial and Qingli reforms of Fan Zhongyan, and also created the baojia system to organize the military and called for the elimination of private monopolies, setting up one of the earliest approximations of a welfare state. This man's (*) New Policies were opposed by Su Dongpo and Ouyang Xiu, and eventually the seasonal loans his policies gave to farmers led to conservative factions ousting him. An official under the Emperor Shenzhong, this man was also opposed by the author of the history Zizhi Tongjian, Sima Guang. For 10 points, name this Song Dynasty chancellor who pressed for many liberal reforms.
This man created a system of horse breeding that gave horses to civilian families to take care of in order to deal with an export embargo, and this man published a dictionary entitled Explanations of Characters.
{Wang Anshi}