Wang Anshi looked down on flatterers.

Wang Anshi is knowledgeable and full of the spirit of reform, and he is deeply trusted by Song Shenzong because of his proposition of political reform. He participated in politics for the first time and was promoted to Ping Zhang under Tong Zhongshu one year later. Those who want to be promoted and get rich because of their power do their best to flatter Wang Anshi. But because Wang Anshi despised these people, they didn't get any benefits. In the end, their dreams came to nothing. There is an official named Li Lizhong whose political views are different from Wang Anshi's. Wang Anshi's influence is getting bigger and bigger. Li Shizhong spent a huge sum of money in Zhou Shu, and let craftsmen build a luxurious pavilion called the Floating Pavilion. Because Wang Anshi was an official in Zhou Shu, he was later named Duke of Shu. Li compared Wang Anshi to an outstanding figure in governing the country during the Wuding period of Shang Dynasty, and admired Wang Anshi to the utmost. Another official, Wu Xiaozong, tried his best to discredit the new law, but after a while, he turned around and wrote an article entitled 10, which was presented to Wang Anshi. He made up such content that people in the street are talking about the benefits of the new law. Wang Anshi was unmoved and simply ignored this set, thinking that these people were capricious and extremely despised. Guo, the magistrate of Shaoyang in Wugang County at that time, was such a person. In order to be promoted, he wrote a letter to Zongshen, praised Wang Anshi, tried his best to flatter others, and begged Wang Anshi to handle world affairs. One day, I asked Wang Anshi, "Do you know Guo? It seems that this seamless square tube metallurgy is a talent. " Wang Anshi said, "I knew him when I was in Jiangdong. This population is like a strategist, but its behavior is frivolous and shallow. It is a person who cannot be entrusted with a heavy responsibility. " Wang Anshi asked Zongshen again, "Your Majesty, has anyone recommended him?" Wang Anshi showed Guo's throne. Wang Anshi shook his head and smiled. He thinks it is a great shame to be praised by such an apple polisher. He made it clear that people like Guo Can can't be reused.