Fan Chunren

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1. 1064 轉運司判官
2. 1065 三司鹽鐵判官
3. 1067 轉運使 治平
4. 1068 轉運副使
5. 1070 知某府軍府事
6. 1074 尚書省工部工部司郎中
7. 1074 知某州軍州事
8. 1076 知某州軍州事
9. 1085 知某州軍州事 元豐
10. 1086 簽書樞密院事
11. 1088 尚書右僕射兼中書侍郎 元祐
12. 1093 尚書右僕射兼中書侍郎 元祐
13. 1146 知某府軍府事

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• 堯夫 字
• 忠宣 諡號

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• 良吏;循吏
• [財政官員]
• 入元祐黨籍者
• [宰執]

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1. [1] Identity and dates Fan Chunren was a Northern Song official who lived from 1027 to 1101.
   • CBDBFan Chunren (559)The basic record gives the name Fan Chunren, birth year 1027, death year 1101, and Song dynasty affiliation.
   • Souyun范純仁 (29894)The profile and all three biographical texts place Fan Chunren in the Northern Song and give his life dates as 1027–1101.
   • WikidataFan Chunren (Q15926068)The item identifies Fan Chunren as a Song-dynasty politician dated 1027–1101, and its birth and death statements give 1027 and 1101.
2. [2] Courtesy name and disputed place of origin Fan Chunren's courtesy name was Yaofu and his posthumous name Zhongxuan. His place of origin is given both as Luoyang and as Wu County, while the biographies identify him with Wu County in Suzhou.
   • CBDBFan Chunren (559)The alternate-name fields give Yaofu and Zhongxuan, while the address fields give Luoyang and Wu County.
   • Souyun范純仁 (29894)The profile and biographies give the courtesy name Yaofu, identify him with Wu County in Suzhou, and record the posthumous name Zhongxuan.
   • WikidataFan Chunren (Q15926068)The name records list Yaofu and Zhongxuan among his Chinese aliases.
3. [3] Family, education, and entry into office Fan Chunren was Fan Zhongyan's second son, his mother was Li, and he studied with Hu Yuan and Sun Fu; he passed the Huangyou-era jinshi examination, received a hereditary appointment, and entered office only after his father's death.
   • CBDBFan Chunren (559)The kinship, association, examination, and office fields identify Fan Zhongyan as his father, Li as his mother, Hu Yuan and Sun Fu as teachers, the jinshi and hereditary-entry statuses, and his early offices at the Palace Library, Xiangcheng, and Xuzhou.
   • Souyun范純仁 (29894)The three biographies jointly describe him as Fan Zhongyan's second son, a student of Hu Yuan and Sun Fu, a Huangyou-era jinshi, a beneficiary of his father's privilege, a non-officeholder while attending his father, and an official after his father's death.
4. [4] Career in the Zhiping era In 1064 Fan Chunren became a Jiangnan East transport official and Palace Censor, opposed the posthumous honoring of Prince Pu during the Puyi debate, and then held offices in Anzhou, Qizhou, Jingxi, and Shaanxi.
   • CBDBFan Chunren (559)The office record confirms a Jiangnan East transport-circuit appointment beginning in 1064.
   • Souyun范純仁 (29894)The biographies detail his Zhiping-era appointments, the Puyi remonstrances, his transfer to Anzhou and Qizhou, and his later Jingxi and Shaanxi judicial and transport posts.
5. [5] Opposition to the new policies After Shenzong's accession, Fan Chunren held posts in the remonstrance and record-keeping offices, opposed Wang Anshi's reforms as harmful to the people, and was transferred through Hezhong and the Chengdu Circuit while warning against hasty implementation.
   • CBDBFan Chunren (559)The office records list the Hezhong prefecture appointment and the Chengdu Circuit transport commissionership.
   • Souyun范純仁 (29894)The biographies describe his Shenzong-era appointments, opposition to Wang Anshi's reforms, his forceful remonstrances, the Hezhong and Chengdu transfers, and his warning that the new policies should not be implemented hastily.
6. [6] Later local appointments He served in Lizhou, Qingzhou, Xinyang Army, and Qizhou, supervised the Western Capital Branch Censorate after requesting release, and returned to Hezhong.
   • CBDBFan Chunren (559)The office data list Qingzhou, Xinyang Army, Qizhou, the Western Capital Branch Censorate, and Hezhong; Lizhou is supplied by the biographies.
   • Souyun范純仁 (29894)The biographies give the sequence of his Lizhou, Qingzhou, Xinyang Army, Qizhou, Western Capital Branch Censorate, and second Hezhong appointments.
7. [7] Yuanyou appointments After Zhezong's accession, Fan Chunren returned to Qingzhou in 1086, joined the Privy Council, and in 1088 became Right Vice Chancellor concurrently serving as Secretariat Director before later provincial appointments.
   • CBDBFan Chunren (559)The office data list the associate Privy Council post, the Supervising Secretary post, the Right Vice Chancellor and Secretariat Director post beginning in 1088, and Yingchang prefecture.
   • Souyun范純仁 (29894)The biographies describe his return to Qingzhou, summons to the Supervising Secretary and Personnel posts, entry into the Privy Council, promotion in Yuanyou's third year, and later appointments at Yingchang, Taiyuan, and Henan after Zhang Dun became chief councillor.
8. [8] Faction register and demotion In 1093 Fan Chunren was recalled as Right Vice Chancellor and sent again to Yingchang; after offending Zhang Dun and being entered in the Yuanyou faction register, he was demoted to Wu'an and then placed at Yongzhou.
   • CBDBFan Chunren (559)The office data record the 1093 Right Vice Chancellor appointment and Yongzhou, while the status data explicitly place him in the Yuanyou faction register.
   • Souyun范純仁 (29894)The biographies describe his renewed Right Vice Chancellor appointment in Yuanyou's eighth year, his departure for Yingchang, conflict with Zhang Dun, successive demotions, and residence at Yongzhou.
9. [9] Huizong era and posthumous name The accounts differ on Fan Chunren's residence after Huizong's accession, but agree that he was appointed Grand Academician, retired because of eye disease, died in 1101 at seventy-five, and received the posthumous name Zhongxuan.
   • CBDBFan Chunren (559)The basic data list the Grand Academician title, the posthumous name Zhongxuan, and the death year 1101.
   • Souyun范純仁 (29894)The biographies give the differing Huizong-era accounts of Nanjing and Dengzhou or a return to Xu, and describe the Grand Academician appointments, eye disease, retirement request, death in Jianzhong Jingguo's first year, age seventy-five, and posthumous name.
   • WikidataFan Chunren (Q15926068)The item description and date statements confirm the 1101 death date.
10. [10] Wife, siblings, and children The kinship data name Fan Chunren's mother and wife, his elder and younger brothers, and his five sons in birth order.
    • CBDBFan Chunren (559)The kinship entries identify his mother, wife, elder brother, younger brothers, and five sons with their names and order.
    • WikidataFan Chunren (Q15926068)The relationship statements independently confirm a mother, spouse, three siblings, and five children; the names and birth order are supplied by the kinship entries.
11. [11] Teachers and friends Fan Chunren studied with Hu Yuan and Sun Fu and was associated as a friend with Zhang Hui and Shi Daren.
    • CBDBFan Chunren (559)The association entries classify Sun Fu and Hu Yuan as teachers or scholarly associates, and Zhang Hui and Shi Daren as friends.
    • Souyun范純仁 (29894)The biographies explicitly state that he studied with Hu Yuan and Sun Fu.
12. [12] Political views Fan Chunren opposed Wang Anshi's new policies because he considered them harmful to the people and warned local officials against hasty implementation.
    • Souyun范純仁 (29894)The three biographies describe his opposition to the reforms on the grounds that they harmed the people, his warning against hasty implementation, and the forceful character of his remonstrances.
13. [13] Writings Fan Chunren's recorded works include the twenty-juan Fan Zhongxuan ji, memorials, essays, a recorded sayings collection, and several other associated titles; the surviving corpus has specified volumes of collected works, memorials, supplementary writings, and poetry.
    • CBDBFan Chunren (559)The work-title entries list Fan Zhongxuan ji, Fan Zhongxuan zouyi, Fan Zhongxuan ji yiwen, Zhongxuan gong shiyu, and Shangshu jie.
    • Souyun范純仁 (29894)The biographies give the titles and volume counts for Fan Zhongxuan ji, Danshi, Guolun, and Yanxing lu, and specify the surviving twenty-juan collected works, two juan of memorials, one juan of supplementary writings, and five juan of poetry.