Fang Lanfen

Fang Lanfen (tc: 方蘭芬, sc: 方兰芬, pinyin: Fāng Lánfēn) was a Chinese poet and scholar during the late Qing Empire.

Biography

Fang Lanfen was born in Tongcheng County, Anhui during the late-Qing Empire.

He is best known for his work from 1841, National Kansai Lineage in Six Volumes. A woodblock print of this work is kept at the National Library of China.[1]

Fang was the son of Fang Zhipu (zh: 方至朴, pinyin: Fāng Zhìpǔ). He was the father of three children, Fang Quan (zh: 方荃, pinyin: Fāng Quán), a late Qing dynasty era prefect, Fang Rong (zh: 方蓉, pinyin: Fāng Róng), and Fang Zao (zh: 方藻, pinyin: Fāng Zǎo). Fang was the grandfather of Fang Chih, a Chinese diplomat and is an ancestor of American fashion designer Anna Sui.

Works
  • The following is an incomplete list of the literary works of Fang Lanfen.
  • Fang, Lanfen (1841). 全国关西方氏宗谱六卷 National Kansai Lineage in Six Volumes (Woodblock Print ed.) – via National Library of China.
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References
  1. "方姓". baike.baidu.com. Baidu. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015. 全国关西方氏宗谱六卷，(清)方兰芬等修，清道光二十一年(公元1841年)木刻活字印本六册。
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