Reading Notes of Chapter 7

Summary

This chapter is about Wang Anshih's experiment in state capitalism. His queer characters  are revealed at first by the author. He put forward many new measure in attempt to save the country. However, what he did in his experiment on the contrary made the situation worse.

此章内容完全颠覆了我以往对于王安石的看法。也许他是经济方面的天才有着经天纬地的志向，但现在在我看来，他过于不近人情，还甚至有些虚伪。他文过饰非，矫揉造作……

Words

a‧bom‧i‧na‧ble

adj./ əˈbɒmɪnəb ə l, m /ə n ə - ; əˋbɑmɪnəbḷ

extremely unpleasant or of very bad quality 极令人讨厌的，可恶的；极差的

SYN  terrible

abominable cruelty

令人发指的暴行

scheming /ˈskiːmɪŋ/

ADJ given to making plots; cunning 诡计多端的; 狡猾的

dis‧grun‧tled

adj. / dɪs'ɡrʌntld ; dɪsˋgrʌntḷd /

annoyed or disappointed, especially because things have not happened in the way that you wanted 〔尤因事情未如所愿发生而〕恼火的，不高兴的，失望的，不满的

a disgruntled client

不满的客户