Wang Anshi, a prime minister in the 1070s and 1080s, attempted to reform Song government on the basis of what Confucian school of thought?

Name: Wang Anshi, a prime minister in the 1070s and 1080s, attempted to reform Song government on the basis of what Confucian school of thought?
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Wang Anshi's reforms were based on the Legalist school of Confucian thought, which emphasized the importance of a strong central government and a meritocratic bureaucracy.

Wang Anshi, a Prime Minister in the 1070s and 1080s