Fan Zhi
Fan Zhi | |
|---|---|
| 1st Chai Zongxun | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 911 or January 912[2][3] likely Zongcheng, Later Liang[3] (in today's Wei County, Hebei) |
| Died | 5 November 964 (aged 52–53)[4][5] Kaifeng, Henan, China |
| Children | Fan Min (范旻), son |
| Full name | Surname: Fàn (范) Given name: Zhì (質) Courtesy name: Wénsù (文素) |
| Father | Fan Shouyu (范守遇) |
| Fan Zhi | |
|---|---|
Hanyu Pinyin | Fàn Zhì |
| Wade–Giles | Fan4 Chih4 |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Faan6 Jat1 |
| Jyutping | Faan6 Zat1 |
Fàn Zhi (
Early life
Growing up, Fàn Zhi's father
Career under Later Tang
Later Liang was replaced by the Later Tang in 926, and Fàn passed the imperial examination in 933. The chief examination administrator He Ning (和凝) reportedly liked Fàn's writing the most that he intentionally assigned Fàn 13th place, which was the placing he himself got back in the day. Fàn became a prefectural judge (推官) for the Zhongwu Commandery (忠武軍; roughly governing today's central Henan), and was later promoted to the post of subprefect of Fengqiu which he served until Later Tang was overthrown in 936.[3]
Career under Later Jin
Under the new
Career under the Liao Dynasty
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Career under Later Han
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Career under Later Zhou
Guo Wei (郭威), a Later Han general, had been impressed by the timeliness and the contents of the imperial orders he received while fighting rebellions away from the capital. Once he asked the messenger who wrote the orders. "Fàn Zhi" was the reply, and Guo remarked, "Definitely fit to be chancellor."[3]
In the winter months of early 951, Guo Wei rebelled against the Later Han emperor Liu Chengyou and his army swiftly conquered the capital Kaifeng. Amidst the chaos after Liu's fleeing from the city, Guo remembered the name Fàn Zhi and asked for his whereabouts. When Fàn – who was living with other commoners – was located, Guo paid him a personal visit in heavy snow and during the conversation, removed his own robe to put on Fàn for warmth. As a token of his friendship to Guo, Fàn wrote several imperial orders for Guo, helping him to transition the state as Guo declared himself the emperor of the new Later Zhou Dynasty.[3]
Career under Song
One day in 960, Fàn was dining in his own residence when general
Notes and references
- ^ Zizhi Tongjian, ch. 290.
- ^ a b From his date and Chinese age at death we can deduct that he was born some time between 2 February 911 and 21 January 912.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Song Shi, ch. 249.
- ^ Xu Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 4.
- ^ Academia Sinica Chinese-Western Calendar Converter.
- ^ Xu Zizhi Tongjian Changbian, ch. 5.
- ^ Dull, p. 310.
Sources
- ISBN 3-515-02412-3.
- (in Chinese) Song Shi(宋史) [History of Song].
- (in Chinese) Li Tao (1183). Xu Zizhi Tongjian Changbian (續資治通鑑長編) [Extended Continuation to Zizhi Tongjian].
- (in Chinese) Sima Guang (1086). Zizhi Tongjian (資治通鑑) [Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government].