Li Fang (Song dynasty)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Li.

Li Fang
Spouse(s)	Fu Shi
Children	Li Zongne, Li Zonge, Li Zongliang, Li Zonghui
Parent(s)	Li Chao  Xie Shi

Li Fang
Chinese	李昉
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lǐ Fǎng Wade–Giles Li Fang
Courtesy name
Chinese	明远
Literal meaning	Bright-&-Distant
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Míngyuǎn Wade–Giles Ming-yüan

Li Fang (AD 925–996), courtesy name Mingyuan, was a Chinese scholar and bureaucrat of the Song Dynasty, who served as an editor for three of the Four Great Books of Song.[1][2] He was born in what is now Hengshui, Hebei, and once served the Later Han and Later Zhou.^[citation needed]

References

1. Hargett, James M. (1996). "Song Dynasty Local Gazetteers and Their Place in The History of Difangzhi Writing". Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies. 56 (2): 405–442. doi:10.2307/2719404. ISSN 0073-0548.
2. Jian, Zhang; Jianzhi, Zhou (2024), Liu, Yuejin (ed.), "Prose and Novels in the Song Dynasty", Concise Reader of Chinese Literature History, Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, p. 322, doi:10.1007/978-981-99-5814-6_22, ISBN 978-981-99-5813-9, retrieved 2024-11-07