According to the present invention, a liquid crystal aligning agent is configured to contain a polymer (P) which has at least one partial structure selected from the group consisting of a partial structure represented by formula (1) and a partial structure represented by formula (2). In formula (1) and formula (2), X1 represents a tetravalent organic group that has a cyclobutane ring structure, while having at least one substituent in the ring portion of the cyclobutane ring; X2 represents a divalent organic group of a specific structure which has an aliphatic structure and a divalent nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group; and each of R5 and R6 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group having 1-6 carbon atoms.
根据本发明,液晶对准剂被配置为含有一种聚合物(P),该聚合物具有至少一种部分结构,该部分结构选自由式(1)表示的部分结构和式(2)表示的部分结构组成的组。在式(1)和式(2)中,X1代表具有
环丁烷环结构的四价有机基团,同时在
环丁烷环的环部分具有至少一个取代基;X2代表具有特定结构的二价有机基团,其具有脂肪族结构和二价含氮杂环基团;R5和R6各自独立地代表氢原子或具有1-6个碳原子的一价有机基团。