Fan Zhongyan’s ancestral home: Wuxian County, Suzhou (now part of Jiangsu Province)
Fan Zhongyan (989-1052), courtesy name Xiwen, Han nationality, was born in Wuxian County, Suzhou (now part of Jiangsu Province), known as "Fan" in the world. Wen Zhenggong". After Fan Lubing, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty. A famous politician, thinker, military strategist and writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, his ancestral home was Pizhou (now Bin County, Shaanxi Province), and later moved to Wuxian County, Suzhou (now Wuxian County, Jiangsu Province). He was honest in government, considerate of the people's sentiments, upright, and advocated reform. He was repeatedly slandered by traitors and was demoted several times. He died of illness in Xuzhou on May 20, 1052 (the fourth year of Emperor Zuo's reign) at the age of 64. In December of that year, he was buried in Wan'an Mountain southeast of Luoyang, Henan. He was given the posthumous title Wenzheng and was granted the titles of Duke of Chu and Duke of Wei. There is "Fan Wenzhenggong Collection" handed down from generation to generation, and the popular "Sibu Congkan" shadow version, accompanied by "Chronology" and "Records of Words and Deeds", etc.
Chinese name: Fan Zhongyan
Nationality: Northern Song Dynasty, China
Ethnicity: Han
Birthplace: Zhengding, Hebei
Date of birth: 989
Date of death: 1052
Occupation: politician, writer, military strategist
Graduate school: Suiyang Yingtianfu Academy
Main achievements: Qingli New Deal
"The Story of Yueyang Tower"
Representative work: The Story of Yueyang Tower
Ancestral home: Xianyang, Shaanxi
Famous quote: Worry first when the world is worried, then be happy when the world is happy