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Fang Xiaoru

Type Figure Region China Time 1357–1402 Also known as Xizhi、Xunzhi、Master Zhengxue

Fang Xiaoru (1357–1402), courtesy name Xizhi, sobriquet Xunzhi, was a renowned early-Ming scholar from Ninghai, Zhejiang;…

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  1. 1370–1380Pujiang · ZhejiangIn his youth he studied under Song Lian, deeply researching Neo-Confucianism and classical prose, inheriting his teacher's scholarly tradition and gradually becoming renowned among Jiangnan scholars, laying the academic foundation for his later official career and participation in the Jianwen court.
  2. 1398–1402Nanjing · JiangsuDuring the Jianwen era he served as Hanlin Lecturer and participated in planning the new policies. After the Jingnan Campaign he refused to draft the Prince of Yan's enthronement edict, choosing death over submission, and was executed along with his ten clans, entering the histories as a paragon of loyalty and martyrdom.

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