Fang Lanfen

Fang Lanfen (simplified Chinese: 方兰芬; traditional Chinese: 方蘭芬; 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.^{[citation needed]}

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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