[3]Courtesy names and style nameHis courtesy names are Shaoqing and Shaofu; the sources differ over whether Jingshan was an alternate name or an alternate courtesy name, while Yannan was his style name.
CBDBFang Feng (20059)The alternate-name entries classify Shaoqing and Shaofu as courtesy names, Jingshan as an alternate name, and Yannan as a style or studio name.
Souyun方鳳 (26412)The biographical entries list Shaoqing, Shaofu, Jingshan, and Yannan, but differ on whether Jingshan is a name or a courtesy name.
WikidataFang Feng (Q45394165)The names and claims include Jingshan, Shaofu, Shaoqing, Yannan, and the two courtesy-name and style-name forms.
[4]Place and surnameFang Feng came from Pujiang in Wuzhou, in present-day Zhejiang.
Souyun方鳳 (26412)The biographical entries identify him with Pujiang in Wuzhou and specify that Pujiang is in present-day Zhejiang.
[5]Original surnameFang Feng's original surname was Chen.
CBDBFang Feng (20059)The alternate-name entry identifies Chen as his original surname.
[6]Education and examinationAt the end of the Song, Fang Feng entered the Imperial Academy and failed the Ministry of Rites examination.
Souyun方鳳 (26412)The biographical entry says that he entered the Imperial Academy at the end of the Song and failed the Ministry of Rites examination.
[7]Rongzhou appointmentThe appointment is called Rongzhou wenxue in one formulation and Professor of Rongzhou in another; he did not take it up after the Song fell and did not serve under the Yuan.
Souyun方鳳 (26412)The two entries use Rongzhou wenxue and Professor of Rongzhou respectively, and explain that he did not go because the Song had fallen and did not serve in the Yuan.
CBDBFang Feng (20059)The office entry associates Rongzhou with wenxue, while the appointment entry concerns special appointment and grant of office.
[8]Additional Rongzhou titleThe title liuwai quan is also associated with Rongzhou in his official career.
CBDBFang Feng (20059)A separate office entry pairs the title liuwai quan with Rongzhou.
[9]Homecoming and Cunya HallAfter returning home, Fang Feng named his studio Cunya Hall, and scholars called him Master Cunya.
Souyun方鳳 (26412)The biographical entry says that he returned home, named his studio Cunya Hall, and was called Master Cunya by scholars.
CBDBFang Feng (20059)The alternate-name and title entries preserve Cunya and Cunya tang gao.
[10]Xishe and restorationWith Xie Ao, Wu Siqi, and others in Puyang, Fang Feng formed the Xishe, maintained ties with old Song loyalists, and hoped for restoration.
Souyun方鳳 (26412)The biographical entry describes the Xishe, contact with old loyalists, and the hope of restoration.
CBDBFang Feng (20059)The association entries identify Wu Siqi and Xie Ao as friends connected with Fang Feng.
[11]DeathFang Feng died in the first year of the Yuan Zhizhi era, 1321, at the age of eighty-two.
Souyun方鳳 (26412)The biographical entry gives the first Zhizhi year, 1321, and an age of eighty-two at death.
CBDBFang Feng (20059)The person record gives 1321 as the death year.
[12]Friends and poetic exchangeFang Feng's friends included Wu Siqi, Xie Ao, Wu Qian, Zhao Ruohui, and Yan Lü; he also exchanged verse with Mou Yan, Fang Hui, Wang Cheng, and Chen Kangzu.
CBDBFang Feng (20059)The association entries classify the first five people as friends and the latter four as companions in poetic exchange.
[13]Students and marital connectionLiu Guan, Wu Lai, and Huang Jingchang were Fang Feng's students; Liu Guan followed Fang Feng's literary style, and Wu Lai was also his grandson-in-law.
CBDBFang Feng (20059)The associations identify Liu Guan, Wu Lai, and Huang Jingchang as students, record Liu Guan's imitation of Fang Feng's literary style, and identify Wu Lai as a grandson-in-law.
[14]Ancestors and immediate familyFang Feng's seventh-generation ancestor was Fang Yangyuan and his sixth-generation ancestor was Fang Zi; his adoptive father was Fang Zhiren and his wife was Ji.
CBDBFang Feng (20059)The kinship entries name Fang Yangyuan, Fang Zi, Fang Zhiren, and Ji with their respective relationships.
[15]Children and elder son's deathFang Feng had two sons, three daughters, and three sons-in-law; his elder son Fang Chu died in 1352.
CBDBFang Feng (20059)The kinship entries list Fang Chu, Fang Zi, three daughters, and the three sons-in-law, and give Fang Chu's death year as 1352.
[16]Poetic styleFang Feng was skilled in both classical and contemporary poetry.
Souyun方鳳 (26412)The literary description says that he wrote ancient and modern poetry.
[17]Poetic styleFang Feng's verse avoided ornament, was pure and tightly wrought, and formed a style of its own.
Souyun方鳳 (26412)The literary description characterizes his verse as unornamented, pure, compact, and self-contained in style.
[18]Early titlesTitles associated with Fang Feng's writings include 野服考, 物異考, 金華遊錄, and 夷俗考.
CBDBFang Feng (20059)The title entries include 金華遊錄, 野服考, 物異考, and 夷俗考.
[19]Collection titlesThe titles 存雅堂稿, 存雅堂遺稿, and 方鳳集 are also associated with Fang Feng's corpus.
CBDBFang Feng (20059)The title entries include 存雅堂遺稿, 存雅堂稿, and 方鳳集.
Souyun方鳳 (26412)The literary entries mention 存雅堂稿 and the thirteen-volume 存雅堂遺稿.
[20]Lost nine-volume selectionFang Feng's disciple Liu Guan selected his surviving poems into nine volumes, but the collection was lost.
Souyun方鳳 (26412)The literary entry says that his disciple Liu Guan selected the surviving poems into nine volumes and that the set was lost.
CBDBFang Feng (20059)The association entries identify Liu Guan as Fang Feng's student.
[21]Compilation and printing of Cunya tang yigaoIn the early Qing, Zhang Sui, a fellow townsman, gathered surviving poems and prose, compiled the thirteen-volume 存雅堂遺稿, and printed it in the eleventh year of the Shunzhi reign.
Souyun方鳳 (26412)The literary entry gives Zhang Sui's fellow-townsman status, his gathering of residual poems and prose, the thirteen-volume compilation, and its printing in the eleventh Shunzhi year.
[22]Later poetic editionFang Feng's poetry uses a supplemented second-year Yongzheng edition as its base; poems added in that reprint and newly collected poems outside the collection were placed in a separate volume.
Souyun方鳳 (26412)The literary entry specifies the second-year Yongzheng supplemented edition as the base text and says that added and newly collected poems were placed in another volume.