Fang Gan

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1. 900 未詳 光化

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• 元英先生 諡號
• 方三拜 别名、曾用名
• 方補脣 别名、曾用名
• 玄英先生 未詳
• 玄英處士 室名、別號
• 補唇先生 未詳
• 雄飛 字

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• [隱士]
• 詩人
• 文人
• 士人

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1. [1] Birth, death, and identity Fang Gan is generally dated to 809–888 and identified as a Tang poet, while the biographical tradition preserves alternative dates.
   • CBDBFang Gan (17029)The profile gives Fang Gan's birth year as 809, death year as 888, dynasty as Tang, and status as poet.
   • Souyun方干 (16066)The profile gives 809–888, while the biographical entries explicitly preserve competing dates.
   • WikidataFang Gan (Q45384903)The description identifies Fang Gan as a Tang-dynasty poet dated 809–888, and the time claims separately give 809 and 888.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database方干 (A019159)The authority record gives Fang Gan's 809 birth, 888 death, Tang affiliation, and a note centered on his life as a poet and recluse.
2. [2] Name, courtesy name, and birth order His name has the written variant 方幹, his courtesy name is Xiongfei, and he was ranked fourteenth in birth order.
   • CBDBFang Gan (17029)The identity note equates 方幹 with 方干, and the alternate-name entry identifies 雄飛 as his courtesy name.
   • Souyun方干 (16066)The profile gives Xiongfei and fourteenth birth order, and the biographical entries give the courtesy name Xiongfei.
   • WikidataFang Gan (Q45384903)The name and courtesy-name properties both give 雄飛.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database方干 (A019159)The authority record pairs Fang Gan with the alternate name 雄飛.
3. [3] Native place The native place is variously associated with Tonglu, Qingxi, and Xinding; one account identifies Qingxi with present-day Chun'an in Zhejiang, while the birthplace field gives Muzhou.
   • CBDBFang Gan (17029)The address entries give Tonglu and the alternative place Qingxi.
   • Souyun方干 (16066)The profile gives Xinding, while the biographical entries give Qingxi, identified with Chun'an, and Muzhou Tonglu.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database方干 (A019159)The birthplace field gives Muzhou.
4. [4] Early talent and Xu Ning Fang Gan was talented from childhood, studied poetry and prosody with Xu Ning, and later maintained close ties with Yu Fu and Li Pin.
   • Souyun方干 (16066)The entries describe his early talent, study with Xu Ning, instruction in prosody, and close relations with Yu Fu and Li Pin.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database方干 (A019159)The note likewise describes Xu Ning recognizing Fang Gan and teaching him prosody.
   • CBDBFang Gan (17029)The association entry records poetic and literary exchange with Li Pin.
5. [5] Physical appearance and lip stories Traditions describe a congenital harelip, an alternative story of injuring the lip while leaping for joy, and a late-life medical repair.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database方干 (A019159)The note gives the congenital harelip, the alternative story about leaping after composing a fine line, and the later medical repair.
   • Souyun方干 (16066)The biographical entry explicitly describes his cleft lip.
6. [6] Fang Sanbai He became known as Fang Sanbai because he made three bows and explained them as three forms of ritual; another tradition treats the three bows as a mistake.
   • Souyun方干 (16066)The biography says that he made three bows on meeting people, called them three forms of ritual, and was called Fang Sanbai.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database方干 (A019159)The note adds the alternative explanation that the three bows were a mistake.
7. [7] Alternative dates The biographical tradition also gives death around 885, a lifespan of 809–873, or death around 888, with uncertainty attached to some of these formulations.
   • Souyun方干 (16066)The entries juxtapose ?–885?, 809–873?, and death around 888, explicitly marking some dates as uncertain.
8. [8] Examination and official career Fang Gan sat for the jinshi examination during Dazhong, repeatedly failed, and never entered official service.
   • Souyun方干 (16066)The biographies describe a Dazhong jinshi attempt, repeated failure, and a life without official service.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database方干 (A019159)The note places his jinshi attempt in Dazhong and says he failed because of his appearance.
   • CBDBFang Gan (17029)The examination entry records a jinshi examination designation.
9. [9] Meeting Yao He During Dahe, Fang Gan presented his poems to Yao He, who was serving at Jinzhou and Hangzhou; Yao He moved from disdain to admiration and hosted him for several days.
   • Souyun方干 (16066)The biographies describe Yao He's initial disdain for Fang Gan's appearance and cleft lip, his change of attitude after reading the poems, and the Dahe meeting and subsequent hospitality.
   • CBDBFang Gan (17029)The association table lists Yao He among Fang Gan's associates.
10. [10] Seclusion, travel, and friendships Fang Gan lived at Mirror Lake during Xiantong, traveled through Lingnan and Jiangxi, formed the three-friend group with Zheng Rengui, Li Pin, and Tao Xiang, and exchanged poems with several other poets.
    • Souyun方干 (16066)The entries describe his seclusion at Mirror Lake, travels in Lingnan and Jiangxi, the three close friends, and poetic exchanges with the named poets.
    • CBDBFang Gan (17029)The association entries record exchange with Duan Chengshi, Li Pin, and Li Qunyu, while the identity note also calls Fang Gan and Li Qunyu friends.
11. [11] Recommendation and posthumous office Wang Gui sought to recommend Fang Gan but died before the recommendation succeeded; more than ten years after Fang Gan's death, Zhang Wenwei proposed an office for failed literati to console his spirit.
    • Souyun方干 (16066)The biographies say that Wang Gui sought to recommend him at the end of Xiantong but died before it was accomplished, and that Zhang Wenwei later proposed an office for failed literati.
    • CBDBFang Gan (17029)The association table records Wang Gui's literary exchange with Fang Gan.
12. [12] Genealogy The genealogy names Fang Chu as a direct ancestor, Fang Jiao as a grandson, Fang Weizheng as a seventh-generation descendant, and later direct descendants including Fang Yanchang, Fang Gang, Fang Yi, and Fang 斵; Fang Yi died in 1328.
    • CBDBFang Gan (17029)The kinship entries list Fang Chu, Fang Jiao, Fang Weizheng, Fang Yanchang, Fang Gang, Fang Yi, and Fang 斵 with their relationships, and give Fang Yi's death year as 1328.
13. [13] Poetic style Fang Gan's poetry was described as clear and finely polished, with particular strength in five-character regulated verse; commentary on the Guangming and Zhonghe periods ranked his regulated verse among the finest south of the Yangtze.
    • Souyun方干 (16066)The poetry entries call his verse clear, polished, and finely made, state that no poet south of the Yangtze matched him in the Guangming and Zhonghe periods, and assess his five-character regulated verse favorably.
14. [14] Critical classification The Poet-Host Chart places Fang Gan among seven poets admitted to Li Yi's hall, and another critical assessment praises the purity, loftiness, and distance of his poetic manner.
    • Souyun方干 (16066)The critical entries list Fang Gan among Li Yi's seven hall-admitted poets and describe his poetic manner as lofty, pure, and distant within late Tang verse.
15. [15] Later poetic criticism Wang Zan praises Fang Gan's reputation in Hangzhou and Yue and its spread to the capital, comparing him with Qian Qi; other criticism praises his exact diction and five-character regulated verse while judging the seven-character verse weaker.
    • Souyun方干 (16066)The preface and poetry criticism discuss Fang Gan's fame in Hangzhou and Yue and in the capital, his comparison with Qian Qi, his precise diction, and the relative strengths of his five- and seven-character regulated verse.
16. [16] Compilation and transmission of poetry His disciples compiled a lost ten-juan collection, later editors produced an eight-juan collection, the Complete Tang Poems preserves six juan, supplements add eight poems, and a ten-juan Xuanying xiansheng shiji is described as widely circulated.
    • Souyun方干 (16066)The poetry entries distinguish the lost ten-juan collection compiled by Yang Yan and others from the later eight-juan compilation, give six juan in the Complete Tang Poems and eight supplementary poems, and describe a ten-juan Xuanying xiansheng shiji as more widely circulated.
17. [17] Titles of works The work-title list includes Fang Gan shiji, Xuanying xiansheng shiji, Xuanying ji, and Ji (Fang Gan).
    • CBDBFang Gan (17029)The work-title entries list 方干詩集, 玄英先生詩集, 玄英集, and 集（方干）.
18. [18] Sobriquets and alternate names His recorded names include Xuanying xiansheng, Xuanying chushi, Jianhu chushi, Fang chushi, Fang Sanbai, Buchun xiansheng, Quechun xiansheng, Fang Qian, Yuan Ying, and Yuan Ying xiansheng.
    • CBDBFang Gan (17029)The alternate-name entries give Yuan Ying xiansheng, Fang Sanbai, Fang Buchun, Xuanying xiansheng, Xuanying chushi, and Buchun xiansheng.
    • Souyun方干 (16066)The profile gives Xuanying xiansheng as a posthumous title.
    • WikidataFang Gan (Q45384903)The aliases and title property list Fang Sanbai, Xuanying xiansheng, Xuanying chushi, Buchun xiansheng, and Xuanying chushi.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database方干 (A019159)The authority aliases add Xuanying, Fang Sanbai, Quechun xiansheng, Buchun xiansheng, Fang Qian, Jianhu chushi, Fang chushi, and Yuan Ying.
19. [19] Posthumous title After Fang Gan's death, disciples privately gave him the posthumous title Xuanying xiansheng; Yuan Ying xiansheng is also classified as a posthumous title, while Xuanying chushi and Jianhu chushi appear among his other designations.
    • Souyun方干 (16066)The biographies repeatedly say that his disciples privately gave him the title Xuanying xiansheng after death.
    • CBDBFang Gan (17029)The alternate-name type marks Yuan Ying xiansheng as a posthumous title and also lists Xuanying xiansheng and Xuanying chushi.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database方干 (A019159)The authority aliases include Jianhu chushi and Fang chushi among the recluse designations.