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Fan Chunren
Second son of Fan Zhongyan, a jinshi of 1049 who twice served as chief minister and wrote the Fan Zhongxuan Gong Ji.
In a council hall, a long table holds an unrolled map scroll, a brass-cornered chest and a brush pot, with tall-backed chairs around it and a bronze lamp at the left; a figure stands with their back turned on the balcony at the right, with palace roofs beyond.
Also known as Zi Yaofu · Shi Zhongxuan
Fan Chunren (1027–1101), courtesy name Yaofu and posthumous name Zhongxuan, came from Wu County in Suzhou and was the second son of Fan Zhongyan. He passed the jinshi examination in the first year of the Huangyou era and studied under Hu Yuan and Sun Fu. He held the post of Right Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs together with that of Vice Director of the Secretariat in 1088–1089 and again in 1093–1094. His works include the collected writings Fan Zhongxuan Gong Ji, Discussions of Remonstrance Matters and Memorials on Frontier Defence.
Life and times
- 1027Born
Song - 1101Died