At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Fang Yi, the governor of Danyang County, moved from Henan to Dongxiang, Shexian County, Anhui Province (now Chun 'an, Zhejiang Province) because of Wang Mang's usurpation of power, and became the * * * ancestor of two states in the south of the Yangtze River and even all the local governments. The second biography was completed for storage, and its descendants propagated in Yan, Wu, Yue, Jiujiang, Chuyang, Putian, Hui, Xuan, Chi, Xiu, Hu and Chang. There are three sons in the shop. After the eldest son, he traveled to Hu, Chang, Yin, Chu, Renhe, Nanhai, Putian, Xinghua and Jiujiang, and Putian was the most prosperous. Secondly, it was widely spread after Ziyi and Ji Zihong. Fang, who lived in Shedong Town and the traffic hub in Zhejiang during the Han and Tang Dynasties, was mainly descended from Yi and Hong. Fang family is one of the eight famous surnames in Huizhou. Fang is the third surname of Shexian County, and Chun 'an is 1. During the Han and Tang Dynasties, there were 3 1 person above Hou Bo. Until modern times, they were celebrities for thousands of years. They mainly include Fang Chu, a famous minister in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Fang Qing, the leader of the peasant uprising in the Tang Dynasty, Fang Gan, a gifted scholar in the Tang Dynasty, and farmers in the Song Dynasty. Fang Youzhi, a medical doctor in the Ming Dynasty, a famous ink painter, a college student, a writer and dramatist in the Qing Dynasty, and a master of the contemporary "Chinese First Knife", etc.
Fang, who first moved to Putian, Fujian, was a native of Quanzhou in the Tang Dynasty, and later lived in Fangshan, Putian. Later, he was called Fang. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, another party moved to Putian. His surname was Fang Guan Changle, and he was named Dr. Jin Zi Guang Lu. He gave birth to seven sons, six of whom were bureaucrats. He was called "Six Parties" and Fang was honored as "Father of Six Guis", and later generations called him "Father of Six Guis". Putian Fangjia imperial examination is unprecedented, with more than 360 people taking the imperial examination (Jinshi, Juren). In Song Dynasty, there were 28 pairs of father and son, 26 pairs of brothers were scholars, and scholars 132 people, ranking first among all surnames in Putian. According to the Records of Putian County, from the Tang Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, Putian Fangjia was 168, ranking second. Among them, Bai Wandu Juan Lou has a total collection of more than 50,000 books, which was the largest library in China at that time. Due to the grand occasion of the imperial examination, many ethnic minorities went abroad to serve as officials, and their descendants settled in other places, with the largest number in Guangdong, including 1.7 million square meters in Huilai County. Therefore, Putian has become another important transit point and birthplace of immigrants after Gushe County. The main celebrities of "Confucian fame and fortune" in Putian are: bibliophile Fang Jun in Song Dynasty, textual research scholar Fang Yiqing, famous scholar Fang Xinru, Neo-Confucianism calligrapher Fang Dazhan, poet Fang, famous doctor Fang Ai in Yuan Dynasty, official Fang in Ming Dynasty and so on.
Tongcheng (now Tongcheng and Zongyang) is the first surname, and there are three branches, namely Guilin Fang and Lugufang, namely Orion Fang and Gong Huifang. Tongcheng Fangjia is famous for its ancient prose, which has a long style for hundreds of years. Since the mid-Ming Dynasty, the Fang family in Tongcheng has promoted the cultural tradition of poetry ceremony to the peak academically, culturally and morally, and made great contributions to the fame of the Fang family. Up to now, there are many famous scholars in Tongcheng, such as Fang Xiangxue, Fang Dazhen, Fang Kongying, a poet, Fang Yizhi, a thinker, Fang Zhongde, a mathematician, Fang Zhongtong, a scholar and a poet. Fang Gonggan, painter Fang Hengxian, writer Fang Shiju, Fang Zhenguan, founder of Tongcheng School, writer, water conservancy expert Fang Guancheng, writer Fang Zongcheng, writer Fang Shoudun, literary theorist, politician, philosopher, writer Fang Lingru, poet Fang, scholar Fang Juede (Shu Wu), news. Tongcheng Fangjia not only created the profound "Tongcheng Fangyi School", but also created the "Tongcheng School" which dominated the literary world in Qing Dynasty for more than 200 years. Liang Shiqiu told Tongcheng Fang, a world-famous scholarly family: "Tongcheng Fang Shi's popularity may be second only to Qufu Kong's." Zhu Yizun said, "The prosperity of the talents of Fang lies in the population of 10,000, and Mr. Mingshan really learned from it. Southeast scholars, pushing it for ambition. " Contemporary scholars have said that Tongcheng Fangjia is the family that has the greatest influence on China culture after Qufu Kongshi, and it is the swan song of China cultural family. In the book "The Cultural Family that has Influenced China for a Hundred Years", Tongcheng Fangshi is known as the second largest cultural family in China.
Historically, Fang's surname originated in Henan and spread around with Guhuizhou as the center. It is a typical southern surname, and the population center is in the southeast provinces. Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Jiangsu and Henan are the most, followed by Fujian, Hubei, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Sichuan, Taiwan Province, Hainan, Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Shaanxi, Northeast China and Shandong. Population. Population 1.7 million (1.7%). Other counties and cities with large population include Yunxiao County, Putian County, Chun 'an County, Tonglu County, Tongcheng City, Anhui Province, Zongyang County, Shexian County, Pingjiang City, Hunan Province and Puning City, Guangdong Province. The Fang family in Wenyang, South Korea, moved from Henan in the Central Plains in the Tang Dynasty, with a population of over 65,438+10,000, and began to rent. In the Ming Dynasty, Fang Xiaoru refused to draft an imperial edict for the usurper Judy, and was killed by the tyrant, and more than 800 people were killed. The number of people exiled is as high as 10 thousand. This is the biggest disaster in Fang's history. Many members of the Fang family fled to all parts of the country, and many others escaped from the magic capital. It accounts for 0.59 in the whole country, and the Yuan Dynasty ranks 28th as the most popular surname. There were 49 in the Ming Dynasty, with a population of about 440,000. Accounting for 0.47% of the country. According to the latest statistics, Fang's population ranks 63rd in China, accounting for 0.36% of the whole country.
There are many elites in history. Wen Tianxiang, the top scholar in the Song Dynasty, praised the genealogy of the other side in the Preface: "The Fang family went out of the Zhou Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty came to our dynasty. Sound and light are prominent, while the latter is flowing. How prosperous! " During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the reputation of the Fang family represented by Tongcheng Fang family reached its peak. China Dictionary of Names contains 242 celebrities of Fang family, accounting for 0.53% of the total number of celebrities, ranking 38th. Famous writers account for 0.8 of the total number of writers in China in past dynasties, ranking twenty-five; Famous doctors accounted for 0.66, ranking third1place. According to the proportion of celebrity surnames, the celebrity rate of Fang's surname ranks 1 1, reaching 147.22. (In order: Qian Gulu, Wang Cui, Shen Shi, Xiao Du, Kong Fang, Meng Zheng, Fan Yao). Celebrities of past dynasties: Chow Tai Fook, Fang Shu, a famous minister in Han Dynasty, Fang Gan, a poet in Tang Dynasty, Fang La, a leader of peasant uprising in Song Dynasty, Fang Xiaoru, a scholar in Ming Dynasty, Fang Yizhi, the founder of Tongcheng School in Qing Dynasty, Fang Shengdong, a revolutionary leader, General Fang Zhenwu, an anti-Japanese hero, General Fang Xianjue, a master of science, and Fang Yi, deputy prime minister of the State Council.