Fàn Yun (451–15 June 503
[According to Xiao Yan's biography in ''Book of Liang'', Fan Yun died on the ''dingsi'' day of the 5th month of the 2nd year of the ''Tianjian'' era of his reign. This corresponds to 15 Jun 503 in the Julian calendar. 天监二年)五月丁巳，尚书右仆射范云卒。''Liang Shu'', vol.02]) () was born in Wuyin (舞阴) (in the northwest of today's Biyang County (泌阳县),
Zhumadian
Zhumadian (; postal: Chumatien) is a prefecture-level city in southern Henan province, China. It borders Xinyang to the south, Nanyang to the west, Pingdingshan to the northwest, Luohe to the north, Zhoukou to the northeast, and the province of An ...
Prefect,
Henan Province
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) and lived during the
Liu Song
Song, known as Liu Song (), Former Song (前宋) or Song of (the) Southern Dynasty (南朝宋) in historiography, was an imperial dynasty of China and the first of the four Southern dynasties during the Northern and Southern dynasties period. ...
,
Southern Qi
Qi, known in historiography as the Southern Qi ( or ) or Xiao Qi (), was a Chinese imperial dynasty and the second of the four Southern dynasties during the Northern and Southern dynasties era. It followed the Liu Song dynasty and was succeede ...
and
Liang dynasties. He learned to write poems at the age of eight and had a quick wit. He was a personal friend of
Emperor Wu, founder of the Liang dynasty, and held authority as Wu's de facto
chancellor
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, although he died less than two years into Emperor Wu's reign. Fàn was a member of the elite
Fàn family.
Life
See also
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Yongming poetry
Yongming poetry refers to a poetry style of the Chinese Southern Qi dynasty in the 5th century AD. Yongming () was an era name of the Emperor Wu of Southern Qi. The Yongming period was from 483 to 493. However brief this era, it is now associated w ...
References
451 births
503 deaths
Liang dynasty poets
Southern Qi politicians
Liang dynasty politicians
5th-century Chinese poets
Southern Qi poets
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