Fang Yang

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• 三 行第
• 初菴 室名、別號
• 思善 字

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1. [1] Life dates, place, and office Fang Yang was born in 1540 and died in 1583; he was a Ming official from She County and held offices including prefect.
   • CBDBFang Yang (126409)The person entry gives Fang Yang's name, dates, Ming affiliation, She County origin, and a prefectural office.
   • Souyun方揚 (46601)The profile and biographical text identify him as a Ming native of She County in Huizhou Prefecture, born in 1540 and deceased in 1583, who rose to become prefect of Hangzhou.
   • WikidataFang Yang (Q45571670)The item names Fang Yang as a Ming-dynasty person and supplies the years 1540 and 1583 for his life dates.
2. [2] Names and birth order His courtesy name was Sishan, his hao was Chuan, written 初菴 or 初庵, and San was his birth-order designation.
   • CBDBFang Yang (126409)The name entries identify San as a birth-order designation, Sishan as the courtesy name, and Chuan, written 初菴, as a studio or alternative name.
   • Souyun方揚 (46601)The profile classifies 思善 as the courtesy name and 初庵 as the hao; the biographical texts use both 初庵 and 初菴 in their wording.
   • WikidataFang Yang (Q45571670)The name records give the English forms Chuan and Sishan and the Chinese forms 思善, 初菴, and 初庵.
3. [3] Examinations He held the status of shengyuan and provincial recommended candidate, then passed the 1571 Xinwei examination as a jinshi ranked seventeenth in the second class.
   • CBDBFang Yang (126409)The examination entries list the jinshi, provincial recommended candidate, and shengyuan statuses; the jinshi result is second class, seventeenth place, with the examination title identifying the Longqing fifth year.
   • Souyun方揚 (46601)The biographical texts identify him as a Longqing fifth-year jinshi and specify 1571, the Xinwei cohort, and seventeenth place in the second class.
4. [4] Early appointments After the examination, he served as prefect of Shan Prefecture, assistant director in the Nanjing Ministry of Revenue, and langzhong in that ministry.
   • CBDBFang Yang (126409)The office entries list the Shan Prefecture post and the Nanjing langzhong post.
   • Souyun方揚 (46601)The biographical text supplies the sequence from Shan Prefecture to assistant director and then langzhong in the Nanjing Ministry of Revenue.
5. [5] Land dispute A powerful person appropriated public land, called it community land for relief, asked him to write a record, and then accused him when he refused.
   • Souyun方揚 (46601)The biographical text describes the appropriation of public land, its presentation as community land for the needy, the request that Fang write a record, his refusal, and the subsequent false accusation.
6. [6] Later offices He was demoted to Suizhou in 1578, later became assistant prefect of Jiaxing, and moved to the Hangzhou prefecture in 1582.
   • CBDBFang Yang (126409)The office entries list the Suizhou and Hangzhou prefectural posts.
   • Souyun方揚 (46601)The biographical text gives the eleventh month of 1578 for the demotion to Suizhou, the promotion to assistant prefect of Jiaxing, and the 1582 transfer to Hangzhou Prefecture.
7. [7] Retirement and death After half a year as Hangzhou prefect, he requested leave because of illness, returned home, and died soon afterward at age forty-four in 1583.
   • CBDBFang Yang (126409)The person entry gives 1540 as the birth year and 1583 as the death year.
   • Souyun方揚 (46601)The profile gives the life dates, while the biography says that he requested leave after half a year as Hangzhou prefect and died soon afterward at age forty-four.
   • WikidataFang Yang (Q45571670)The item supplies 1583 as the death year.
8. [8] Family His great-grandfather, grandfather, parents, elder brothers, and wife are identified by name.
   • CBDBFang Yang (126409)The kinship entries identify Fang Shechang as great-grandfather, Fang Jingying as grandfather, Fang Congben and Huang as parents, Fang Zhong and Fang Lian as elder brothers, and Hong as wife.
   • WikidataFang Yang (Q45571670)The item also includes father, mother, and spouse relationships, represented in this snapshot by entity identifiers rather than expanded names.
9. [9] Writings His works include the sixteen-volume 《方初庵先生集》, 《方初庵集》, 《初菴槀》, and seven other titles; the forms of the collection titles vary between texts.
   • CBDBFang Yang (126409)The text entry gives a sixteen-volume 《方初庵先生集》.
   • Souyun方揚 (46601)The biographical texts list 《方初庵集》, 初菴槀, and the additional titles 《山中集》, 《孝經句義》, 《中州藁》, 《朞月守考》, 《南中草》, 《湖中藁》, and 《仕學巵言》, with differing forms for the collection title.
10. [10] Correspondence The association entries identify letters sent to Huang Hongxian and Lu Guangzu and replies to Xu Shi and Yin Zhengmao.
    • CBDBFang Yang (126409)The association entries identify letters sent to Huang Hongxian and Lu Guangzu and replies to Xu Shi and Yin Zhengmao, linked to 《方初庵先生集》.
11. [11] Preface, biography, and epitaph Fang wrote a preface for a work by Jiao Hong; Wang Shizhen and Li Weizhen composed his epitaph, and Wang Daokun wrote his biography.
    • CBDBFang Yang (126409)The association entries state that Fang wrote for Jiao Hong, that Wang Shizhen and Li Weizhen wrote the epitaph, and that Wang Daokun was the biographer.