Fang Dacong

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1. 1242 知某州軍州事
2. 1242 經略安撫使
3. 1242 集英殿修撰

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• 壼山 室名、別號
• 德潤 字
• 忠惠 諡號
• 鐵菴 室名、別號

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• [為官者：文]

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1. [1] Identity and names Fang Dacong lived from 1183 to 1247 and was a Southern Song scholar and government official. His courtesy name was Derun, his studio names were Tie'an and Kunshan, his posthumous title was Zhonghui, and he was from Putian in Xinghua Army.
   • CBDBFang Dacong (11328)The main record gives his name, dates, and Song affiliation; the alternate-name records identify his courtesy name, studio names, and posthumous title, while the address record gives Putian as his native place.
   • Souyun方大琮 (26427)The profile and biographical entry confirm his dates, Southern Song identity, names, posthumous title, and origin in Xinghua Army's Putian.
   • WikidataFang Dacong (Q30949465)The English label and description identify Fang Dacong as a Song-dynasty Chinese scholar and government official; the aliases and date claims correspond to the names and years in the paragraph.
2. [2] Immediate family His grandfather was 方萬, his father was 方逵, his mother was 林守貞, his wife was 林氏, and his only son was 方演孫; the available records also give the stated years.
   • CBDBFang Dacong (11328)The kinship records give the relationships, names, and available dates for his grandfather, parents, wife, and only son.
   • Souyun方大琮 (26427)The biography identifies him as the grandson of 方萬, matching the kinship information.
   • WikidataFang Dacong (Q30949465)The family-related claims link the person to a father, mother, spouse, and child, corresponding to the family structure given here.
3. [3] Wider family The kinship records also identify his collateral grandfather, father-in-law, paternal cousin, nephews, niece's husband, son-in-law, and great-grandson, with dates where available.
   • CBDBFang Dacong (11328)The kinship records identify 方彬 as a collateral grandfather, 林行言 as a father-in-law, 方時戊 as a paternal cousin, 方霖孫 and 方銑孫 as nephews, 鄭子簡 as a niece's husband, 宋應先 as a son-in-law, and 方徵 as a great-grandson, with some birth and death years.
4. [4] Early career In 1205 he passed the jinshi examination, received the teaching appointment at the Nanjiàn prefectural school, and served as magistrate of Jiangle and Yongfu; he also recommended 劉克遜 and jointly recommended 謝升賢 with 楊大異.
   • Souyun方大琮 (26427)The two biographies give the 1205 jinshi degree, the appointment at the 南劍州 school, and service in 將樂 and 永福.
   • CBDBFang Dacong (11328)The examination record confirms the jinshi status, the office records list teaching and county-magistrate posts, and the association records give the two recommendations.
5. [5] Duanping offices The Duanping chronology records a succession of central-government offices, including the Six Ministries offices, the Court of Agriculture, the Anbian Office, the Grand Treasury, the Secretariat, the Historiography and Veritable Records institutes, and the Secretariat Drafting Office.
   • Souyun方大琮 (26427)The biographical texts arrange his central and local appointments by the Duanping years, while the title list confirms many of the offices named here.
   • CBDBFang Dacong (11328)The office list additionally gives the Court of Agriculture registrar, Grand Treasury assistant, Right Remonstrator, Secretariat drafter, Direct Secretariat, and Attendant Left Aide titles; its Court of Agriculture title is a slightly fuller form than the biography's abbreviation.
6. [6] Jiaxi and Fujian appointments After leaving the Direct Secretariat, Fang Dacong managed the Qiannqiu Hongxi Abbey in Shaoxing, served as prefect of Jianning, was assigned to a sacrificial office for speaking about the Ji residence, and later became Fujian Circuit transport intendant.
   • Souyun方大琮 (26427)The biographical texts describe the departure from 直舍人院, management of 千秋鴻禧觀, the Jianning prefecture, 奉祠, and the Fujian Circuit transport post.
   • CBDBFang Dacong (11328)The office list records a Fujian Circuit judicial office, corresponding to the transport-intendant appointment in the biography.
7. [7] Guangzhou administration During the Chunyou era he governed Guangzhou, held the Guangdong Pacification Commission, was also transferred to Guangxi, carried out extensive administrative and fiscal measures in Guangzhou, and later became an Academician of Baozhang Pavilion and prefect of Longxing. The biographical accounts differ in how precisely they place the Guangdong and Guangxi appointments.
   • Souyun方大琮 (26427)The three biographies jointly give the Guangzhou, Guangdong Pacification Commissioner, Baozhang Pavilion Academician, and Longxing appointments and describe his five-year administration in Guangzhou; one chronology also gives the Guangxi appointment. They differ in the precision and ordering of the relevant years.
   • CBDBFang Dacong (11328)The office records list the pacification commission, the Guangzhou governorship, the Jiying Hall appointment, and the Longxing prefecture, together with their associated locations.
8. [8] Death and posthumous title He died in 1247, in the fifth month of the seventh Chunyou year, at age sixty-five, and received the posthumous title Zhonghui.
   • Souyun方大琮 (26427)The three biographical texts give his death in 1247 and the posthumous title Zhonghui; one explicitly adds the fifth month and age sixty-five.
   • CBDBFang Dacong (11328)The main record gives 1247 as the death year, and the alternate-name record identifies Zhonghui as a posthumous title.
   • WikidataFang Dacong (Q30949465)The date claim places his death in 1247.
9. [9] Works and textual transmission The works named here include the Tie'an Collection, Hushan Parallel Prose, the Fang lineage genealogy, and the Fang office genealogy; the lost collection was later represented by a forty-five-juan compilation made in 1513, from which thirteen poems are preserved.
   • Souyun方大琮 (26427)The biographies name the Tie'an Collection and Hushan Parallel Prose, state that the collection was lost, and give the 1513 forty-five-juan compilation and thirteen preserved poems; the texts use slightly different forms of the character 庵.
   • CBDBFang Dacong (11328)The works list contains the Tie'an Collection and Hushan Parallel Prose and marks the Fang lineage genealogy and Fang office genealogy as works authored by him.
10. [10] Prefaces and epitaph 劉克莊, 林希逸, and 李昴英 are associated with prefaces to his books, while 劉克莊 also wrote his epitaph.
    • CBDBFang Dacong (11328)The association records connect 劉克莊, 林希逸, and 李昴英 with prefaces for his books and identify 劉克莊 as the author of his epitaph.
    • Souyun方大琮 (26427)The biographical text explicitly names 劉克莊's 方閣學墓誌銘.