Who invented the "Xi" in the traditional folk marriage in China?

Xi was invented by Wang Anshi in Song Dynasty.

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Wang Anshi was born in an official family. He was diligent and read widely since he was a child. He traveled all over the country with the official and got in touch with some social realities. Understand the painful life of farmers.

Therefore, when he was young, he made the ambition of "changing the world". After being a scholar at the age of twenty-two, he served as a magistrate in Huainan, Yinxian, Zhou Shu, Changzhou and Jiangdong Prison, all of whom were sympathetic to people's feelings and promoted local interests.

In the third year of Jiayou in the Northern Song Dynasty (1058), when he was the judge of the degree of support, he wrote thousands of books to Song Renzong, which profoundly exposed the decadent atmosphere of the official system, the imperial examination and the extravagant style, demanded political reform and strengthened border defense, and put forward the financial management principle of "collecting the wealth of the world for the expenses of the world", but it did not attract the attention of the court.

1067, Zongshen ascended the throne, and Wang Anshi became the magistrate of Jiangning (now Nanjing), and served as a bachelor and lecturer of Hanlin. In the second year of Xining (1069), he took part in politics and worshipped the Prime Minister the following year, that is, he began to implement political reform. The new financial laws include average loss law, young crops law, market law, exemption law, farmland water conservancy law and so on. On the military side, there are the laws of setting generals, protecting armor and protecting horses.

At the same time, reforming the imperial examination system and cultivating talents to implement the new law have restricted the exploitation of farmers by big landlords and businessmen to a certain extent and promoted the development of farmland water conservancy.

The country's financial situation has improved and its military strength has been strengthened. However, due to fierce opposition from conservative forces such as Sima Guang, the implementation of the new law has been repeatedly blocked, and Song Shenzong has been shaken from time to time.

In the seventh year of Xining, Wang Anshi was forced to resign and was later appointed as the magistrate of Jiangning. In February of the following year, Wang Anshi was reinstated as prime minister. After Wang Anshi was reinstated, there was no more support, and the internal division of the reformists was serious, making it difficult to continue the new law.

1076, Wang Anshi resigned due to illness many times. In the same year, Wang Kan, the eldest son, died, and Wang Anshi was deeply saddened. 10, Wang Anshi resigned as prime minister, retired to Jiangning Banshan Park, and was later named "Jing Guogong" by the court. Later generations called him king.