Li Fang (Song dynasty)

Li Fang
SpouseFu Shi Edit this on Wikidata
ChildrenLi Zongne, Li Zonge, Li Zongliang, Li Zonghui Edit this on Wikidata
Parents
  • Li Chao Edit this on Wikidata (father)
  • Xie Shi Edit this on Wikidata (mother)
Li Fang
Chinese李昉
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLǐ Fǎng
Wade–GilesLi Fang
Courtesy name
Chinese明远
Literal meaningBright-&-Distant
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMíngyuǎn
Wade–GilesMing-yüan

Li Fang (AD 925–996), courtesy name Mingyuan, was a Chinese scholar and bureaucrat of the Song Dynasty, who served as an editor for three of the Four Great Books of Song.[1][2] He was born in what is now Hengshui, Hebei, and once served the Later Han and Later Zhou.

References

  1. ↑ Hargett, James M. (1996). "Song Dynasty Local Gazetteers and Their Place in The History of Difangzhi Writing". Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies. 56 (2): 405–442. doi:10.2307/2719404. ISSN 0073-0548.
  2. ↑ Jian, Zhang; Jianzhi, Zhou (2024), "Prose and Novels in the Song Dynasty", in Liu, Yuejin (ed.), Concise Reader of Chinese Literature History, Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, p. 322, doi:10.1007/978-981-99-5814-6_22, ISBN 978-981-99-5813-9, retrieved 2024-11-07
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