Photo Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2019.00805 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Fan Chung Yen or Fan Zhongyan (5 September 989 – 19 June 1052) from Wu County of Suzhou (Jiangsu Province, China), courtesy name Xiwen , was one of the most prominent figures in the Chinese history, as a founder of Neo-Confucianism. He was a great statesman, philosopher, writer, educator, military strategist, and philanthropist. Fan was one of the most prominent figures of the Song dynasty (960 - 1279), an era when China possessed the world’s largest economy and population. After serving the central government for several decades, Fan rose to a seat of Chancellor over the entire Chinese empire nearing the zenith of its pre-modern economic, social, and cultural development. Fan's philosophical, educational and political legacy is one that changed the course of the Chinese history, one so powerful that it continues to exert a profound impact on the Chinese civilization today, and his philosophy and writings remain a core component of the Chinese literary canon today. |
Date |
1911 |
Photographer |
Dr. William Edgar Geil |
Title |
Fan Chung Yen ( Father) |
Copyright |
Doylestown Historical Society |
Collection |
WM. Edgar Geil Collection |
Cataloged by |
Tony Palazzolo |
Orig/copy |
Copy |