Fan Zhongyan (989～1052), a politician in the Northern Song Dynasty. The word is Xiwen. A native of Wuxian County, Suzhou (now part of Jiangsu). As a young orphan, his mother remarried to the Zhu family in Zizhou Changshan County, Jingdong Road, and changed his surname to Zhu. In the eighth year of Dazhong Xiangfu (1015), he passed the Jinshi title and regained his original surname. He supervised the salt warehouse in Xixi Town, Taizhou, and asked him to build a sea dike hundreds of miles long. Later generations called it "Fangong Dike". In the sixth year of Tiansheng (1028), he wrote a letter describing the gains and losses of the court and the benefits and ills of the people. This was known to Prime Minister Wang Zeng, and Yan Shu recommended him as the school manager of the Secret Pavilion. Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Zhen, took charge of the government personally, and Chen Zhoutong was summoned by Chen Zhoutong as the right advisor. When there was a severe drought in Jianghuai and Jingdong, he sent envoys to pacify the southeast, opened warehouses to provide disaster relief, and sent out tea coins and salt coins from Dingkou, Jiangdong. In order to admonish Renzong to abolish the queen, he went out to know Muzhou (now east of Jiande, Zhejiang) and Suzhou. In the second year of Jingyou's reign (1035), Quan was informed of Kaifeng Mansion, and public opinion held that "the imperial court has Fan Jun for nothing, and the capital has Xiwen for nothing." In Chaoji, he said that the leader should pay attention to the use of talented people, and should not delegate the power of employing people to his officials. He thought that people should be employed according to their talents; he also thought that Luoyang was dangerous and solid, so he should gradually enrich his reserves. Because he opposed Prime Minister Lu Yijian's monopoly on power, he went to Raozhou (now Boyang, Jiangxi), Runzhou (now Zhenjiang, Jiangsu), and Yuezhou (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang). After the beginning of the Song Dynasty and the Western Xia Dynasty, he served as the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi Province. He divided the Yanzhou soldiers into six generals, each with 3,000 men. They were trained in separate divisions and went into battle based on the enemy's numbers. General Xining's military strategy was based on this. The Xixia people said that he "had tens of thousands of armored soldiers in his belly." In Shaanxi for several years, Qingjian and Dashun cities were built, Hulu, Xiyao and other villages were repaired. Farms were opened, tens of thousands of Qiang households returned, and border defenses were strengthened. In the third year of Qingli Dynasty (1043), he was called as deputy envoy to the privy council and changed to participate in political affairs. The first few articles stated ten things, suggesting reforming the administration of officials, eliminating redundancy, selecting talents and appointing talents, and discussing such matters as reducing corvee labor, improving agriculture and mulberry trees, and improving military preparations. Most of these suggestions were adopted by Song Renzong and implemented one after another. Known as the Qingli New Deal in history. However, because the New Deal harmed the interests of the bureaucrats and aristocracy, it encountered strong opposition and was falsely accused of being a "crony". In the fifth year of Qingli, he stopped participating in political affairs and went to Zhihui (now Binxian County, Shaanxi Province), Deng (now Dengxian County, Henan Province), Hangzhou and other prefectures. Huangyou died in the fourth year of his reign (1052) and was given the posthumous title Wenzheng.

Fan Zhongyan is also a writer. His famous saying: "Be worried about the world's worries first, and be happy after the world's happiness."

Fan Zhongyan (989-1052), courtesy name Xiwen, was a famous politician, thinker, military strategist and writer in the Northern Song Dynasty. His ancestral home was Binzhou (Binxian, Shaanxi) and later moved to Pingjiang (Wuxian, Jiangsu). Fan Zhongyan was born on the second day of August in 989 AD (the second year of Emperor Taizong Duangong of the Song Dynasty). When he was two years old, his father Fan Yong died of illness, and his mother Xie was poor and helpless. She remarried Zhu Wenhan (then an official in Pingjiang Prefecture), and Zhong Yan then Changed his name to Zhu Shuo. At the age of four, he returned north to Henan Village in Changshan County (now Changshan Town, Zouping County) with his stepfather. When he was a little older, his stepfather asked him to learn merchant skills, but he didn't like it and he only wanted to study. Because he remarried with his mother and was discriminated against, and his family was poor, Fan Zhongyan developed a character of self-improvement since childhood. In 1009 (the second year of Dazhong Xiangfu), Fan Zhongyan went to Liquan Temple in Changbai Mountain to study. He worked hard and self-disciplined, suffered many hardships, "painted porridge and cut off the troubles" every day, and studied hard. In 1011 (the fourth year of Dazhong Xiangfu), after Fan Zhongyan learned about his life experience, he went to Yingtian Mansion in Henan Province to worship Qi Tongwen as his teacher and continued to study hard. In 1015 (the eighth year of Dazhong Xiangfu), he became a Jinshi, was first awarded the title of Guangde Army Manager, joined the army, and welcomed his mother back to raise him. At the age of 29, he regained his surname Fan and changed his name to Zhongyan. Later, he successively served as the Prime Minister of Dali Temple, the School Manager of Mi Pavilion, Dr. Taichang, You Si Jian, Deputy Privy Envoy, and Counselor of Political Affairs. He once served as the governor of Shaanxi and the governor of Shaanxi Four Roads. He had outstanding military exploits and served as Taizhou. , Chuzhou, Chenzhou, Muzhou, Raozhou, Runzhou, Yuezhou, Yanzhou, Yaozhou, Binzhou, Dengzhou, Qingzhou and other local officials. 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 title of Duke of Chu and Duke of Wei. There is "Fan Wenzhenggong Collection" handed down to the world.