1. The history of the Fang surname: The Fang clan was first born in Henan Province. Later, some of the Fang clan appeared in various parts of the south and became prominent clans. This was all the result of the migration of the Fang clan to the south.
At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Gushi, Henan, was born in Yinfang, Runan. In order to avoid Wang Mang's rebellion, he moved to Dongxiang, She County, Anhui. The descendants of his third grandson, Fang Zan, multiplied and moved to Yan, Qu, and In Wu and Yue, the descendants of Zan's second brother Fang Guan multiplied and moved to Jiujiang, Chuyang, and Putian, while the descendants of his third brother Fang Hong spread to Hui, Xuan, Chi, Xiu, Hu, and Chang.
2. The current situation of the Fang surname: The Fang clan is widely distributed across the country, especially in Anhui and Henan provinces. The Fang clan in these two provinces accounts for more than 33% of the Fang clan population in the country. This surname is also common in Zhejiang, Liaoning, Jiangsu, Fujian, and Yunnan. People of the Fang clan in these seven provinces account for more than 70% of the Fang clan population in the country.
Person named Fang:
1. Fang Qiong: a native of Tongcheng County, Hubei Province, a national hero, Minister of the Ministry of War of the Northern Song Dynasty, and died heroically in the first year of Jingkang's reign.
2. Fang La: The leader of the peasant uprising in the late Northern Song Dynasty. In 1120 during the Xuanhe period, he used the Ming religion to launch an uprising, established a political power and proclaimed himself emperor, named "Holy Duke".
3. Fang Dachong: a native of Putian, Fujian. ?In the first year of Chunyou, Lizong of the Song Dynasty, he learned about Guangzhou and served as Guangdong's economic and strategic pacification envoy. In the sixth year, he moved to Baozhang Pavilion to become a bachelor.
4. Fang Shiyao: A native of Putian, a disciple of Zhu Xi, a Neo-Confucianist and calligrapher. He works in calligraphy, and his seal, seal, Fenli, Xing, and Cao styles are all extremely wonderful. The handed down works include the "Yu Emperor Temple Stele" carved on a cliff in Guilin.