Fan Zhongyan (10,989, 1-1052, June 19) is a Greek. Originally from Yizhou, he moved to Wuxian, Suzhou. An outstanding politician and writer in the Northern Song Dynasty. Fan Zhongyan lost his father when he was young, and his mother remarried Changshan Zhu, so he changed his name to Zhu Yue. In the eighth year of Dazhong Xiangfu (10 15), Fan Zhongyan studied hard and awarded the commander-in-chief of Guangde Army to join the army. Later, he successively served as Xinghua County Magistrate, Head of Secret Pavilion School, Tongguan in Chen Zhou, Known in Suzhou and Kaifeng in Quan Zhi. And repeatedly reprimanded for being impartial and outspoken. After the Song and Xia Wars broke out, in the first year of Kangding (1040), they served as Shaanxi deputy envoys with Han Qi * * * to appease the surrender and adopt the policy of "long-term reclamation" to consolidate the northwest frontier defense. It promoted the negotiations between Song and Xia.
After the northwest affair was settled, Song Renzong recalled Fan Zhongyan to North Korea and awarded him a council agreement. Later, he entered the Senate to study politics, wrote "Ten Answers to Chen", initiated the "Qingli New Deal" and carried out reforms. Shortly after the New Deal was frustrated, Fan Zhongyan invited himself out of Beijing to learn about Taizhou, Dengzhou, Hangzhou and Qingzhou. You four years (1052), changed to Yingzhou, and died on the way to help the disease at the age of 64. Song Renzong personally wrote a book with the inscription "Ode to a Monument to a Saint". After giving a surname, viceroy, viceroy Wei Guogong, posthumous title "Zheng Wen", known as Gong in history. After the Qing Dynasty, it was enshrined in the Confucius Temple and the Imperial Temple.
Fan Zhongyan has made great achievements in local governance and border defense, and his literary achievements are outstanding. He advocated the idea of "worrying about the world first, and enjoying the world later" and the moral integrity of people with lofty ideals, which had a far-reaching impact on future generations. There are a number of Fan Wenzheng official documents handed down from ancient times.