Fang Lanfen


Fang Lanfen was a Chinese poet and scholar during the late Qing Empire.

Biography

Fang Lanfen was born in Tongcheng County, Anhui during the late-Qing Empire.
He is best known for his work from 1841, National Kansai Lineage in Six Volumes. A woodblock print of this work is kept at the National Library of China.
Fang was the son of Fang Zhipu. He was the father of three children, Fang Quan, a late Qing dynasty era prefect, Fang Rong, and Fang Zao. Fang was the grandfather of Fang Chih, a Chinese diplomat and is an ancestor of American fashion designer Anna Sui.

Works

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