He was one of the "four great masters of Zhongxing" in the Southern Song Dynasty. He is famous for writing poems about rural life. He went to the state of Jin with generous words and integrity.
The Complete Works of Shihu 130 written by Fan Chengda has been lost. Other works, such as Shihu Poetry Collection, Shihu Ci, Gui Lu, Lu Lan Lu, Qi Luan Lu, Wu and Wu Junzhi, have also been handed down from generation to generation. In the Qing Dynasty, Han commented on Fan Shihu's poems. His poems are also recorded in The Whole Song Poetry.
Fan Chengda's most famous poem is Miscellanies of Four Seasons. During the day, weeding in the fields and rubbing hemp thread at home at night, the men and women in the village took on all the housework. Although the children don't plow and weave, they also learn a kind of melon in the shade of mulberry trees. The most simple rural life, in Fan Chengda's pen, radiates fresh and meaningful light, which makes people feel more cordial to read.
During the Southern Song Dynasty, Fan Chengda blossomed in politics and poetry. Politically, he is highly respected and is still used at the age of 66. In the field of poetry, he is unpretentious and unique.
Fan Cheng, a famous fruit Sect, was born in the southern suburbs of Rugao, Jiangsu Province, and became a monk in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China. In the thirty-fourth year of Guangxu, he entered Nanjing Monk Normal School and made friends with students such as Taixu, Renshan and Guang Zhi.
Together with Ye Gongchuo, Jiang Weiqiao and others, he initiated the photocopying of Zhaisha Tibetan Scripture and editing Song Tibetan Heritage, which made great contributions to the preservation of Buddhist materials. The teacher is sincere, compassionate and responsible. During his stay in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, he ran around to raise money to help the refugees.
1929, monk Fan Cheng founded the "Gaodong Private Sangha Library", which has a collection of Buddhist classics, Confucian classics, history, books, books, local chronicles, more than 100,000 books and various magazines and newspapers. It is managed by special personnel and is open to the public. In addition, he has long collected Buddhist cultural relics such as scriptures, Buddha statues, inscriptions and artifacts, and intends to establish a Buddhist cultural relics museum.