Fan Zhongyan was a famous politician and writer in Song Dynasty. In the third year of Li Qing (1043), Renzong appointed Fan Zhongyan as assistant to the prime minister. In September of this year, he formulated ten imperial edicts, namely, publicity, suppression of transportation, fine tribute, election of officials, sharing of common land, thick mulberry farmers, repairing military equipment, reducing corvee, and Qin Enxin. However, his so-called "New Deal" was different. In the fourth year of Li Qing, Fan Zhongyan became the ambassador of Fu Xuan in Hedong, Shaanxi Province, and was dismissed at the beginning of the next year. After Teng was admitted to Jinshi, he also worked in Beijing for many years. Later, in Li Qing for four years, he was falsely demoted to Yuezhou (Yueyang County). 1046, Teng rebuilt Yueyang Tower built in the early Tang Dynasty, and expanded it. Poems chanting Yueyang Tower in the Tang and Song Dynasties were carved on stones and embedded in the building walls. Fan Zhongyan wrote a composition to commemorate it on September 15. Although they were either demoted or dismissed from office at that time, Fan Zhongyan pointed out his higher ambition in Yueyang Tower: "Worry about the world first, and enjoy the world later." It is in this ideological realm that The Story of Yueyang Tower became a masterpiece.
Fan Zhongyan has left footprints in many places in Chizhou. There is a poem "Yao Temple" in the ninth volume of Jiande County Records: "The ages are like the sun, majestic and meritorious. Yu finally leveled the water, and Shun carried it into the smoky wind. Beyond the rivers and seas, Gankun is condescending. The villagers don't know about this, and Xiao Gu is grateful for the New Year. " Jiande County has a long history and is the hometown of Yao and Shun. Yao Temple is located in Lishan, which is located at the north 10 km of the town. According to legend, Shun Di worked in this mountain, and Emperor Yao traveled thousands of miles. Therefore, Lishan and many places in the county are named after "Yao and Shun". Fan Zhongyan traveled to the mountains to sing Yao Temple. Maybe he traveled here after he dismissed from office, or maybe he wrote it as a scholar. There is no textual research. The poem "Yao Temple" is a tribute to Yao and Shun's exploits.
Fan Zhongyan died in 1052. His name was Zheng Wen when he died, and he wrote Fan Wenzheng Gong Ji before he died. Because of its indissoluble bond with Chizhou, it is highly respected by later generations. In the Qing Dynasty, the Fan Wenzheng Public Temple was built on the Changshan Mountain where Fan Zhongyan lived when he was young (now Longshan Village, Qingyangmu Town). "There are ten lintel houses, a room for portraits, a hall for solemn sacrifices and a porch for worshippers" (Ding Miao: The Story of Fan Wenzheng Gongci). This shows the scale of Fan's ancestral hall. Unfortunately, after the war, it was gone.
Attach the complete works of his poems.