At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Fang Yi, the governor of Danyang County, moved from Henan to Dongxiang, Shexian County, Anhui Province (now Chun 'an, Zhejiang Province) because of Wang Mang's usurpation of power, and became the co-ancestor of all the schools in Yan Hui and even in the south of the Yangtze River. The second biography was completed for storage, and its descendants propagated in Yan, Wu, Yue, Jiujiang, Chuyang, Putian, Hui, Xuan, Chi, Xiu, Hu and Chang. There are three sons in the shop. After the eldest son, he traveled to Hu, Chang, Yin, Chu, Renhe, Nanhai, Putian, Xinghua and Jiujiang, and Putian was the most prosperous. Secondly, it was widely spread after Ziyi and Ji Zihong. Fang, who lived in Shedong Town and the traffic hub in Zhejiang during the Han and Tang Dynasties, was mainly descended from Yi and Hong. Fang is a famous family, one of the eight surnames in Huizhou, Fang is the third surname in Shexian, and Chun 'an is 1. During the Han and Tang Dynasties, there were 3 1 person above Hou Bo. Until modern times, they were celebrities for thousands of years. They mainly include Fang Chu, a famous official in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Fang Qing, the leader of the peasant uprising in the Tang Dynasty, Fang Gan, a talented poet in the Song Dynasty, and Fang La, an outstanding educator.

Fang, who first moved to Putian, Fujian, was a native of Quanzhou in the Tang Dynasty, and later lived in Fangshan, Putian. Later, he was called Fang. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, another party moved to Putian. His surname was Fang Guan Changle, and he was named Dr. Jin Zi Guang Lu. He gave birth to seven sons, six of whom were bureaucrats. He was called "Six Parties" and Fang was honored as "Father of Six Guis", and later generations called him "Father of Six Guis". Putian Fangjia imperial examination is unprecedented, with more than 360 people taking the imperial examination (Jinshi, Juren). In Song Dynasty, there were 28 fathers and sons, 26 brothers and 32 scholars/kloc-0, ranking first among all surnames in Putian. Of the six major libraries in Putian history, three were built by the Fang family. The famous libraries of Fangjia in Song Dynasty are: Fangwanghu Building and Baiduwan. Among them, Bai's "Bai Wan Du Juan Lou" had a total collection of more than 50,000 books, which was the largest library in China at that time. Due to the grand occasion of the imperial examination, many ethnic minorities went abroad to serve as officials, and their descendants settled in other places, with the largest number in Guangdong, including 1.7 million square meters in Huilai County. Therefore, Putian has become another important transit point and birthplace of immigrants after Gushe County. Mosquito a target = _ blank name = Baidu snap1> Fang's family business is booming, and celebrities and senior officials come forth in large numbers. The main celebrities are: Fang Heng, a bibliophile in Song Dynasty, a minister of punishments, a famous scholar Fang Xinru, a famous official Fang Xinru, a calligrapher of Neo-Confucianism Fang Dayan, a poet Fang and a famous doctor Fang Fang in Yuan Dynasty.

Tongcheng (now Tongcheng and Zongyang) has three main branches, namely Guilin Square and Lu Gu Public House, namely Orion Square and Gong Hui Square. Tongcheng Fangjia is famous for its ancient prose, which has a long style for hundreds of years. Some people think that it is the family that has made the greatest contribution to academic culture and morality in history since the middle of Ming Dynasty. Today, Tongcheng Fangjia is a large family of literati, among which the famous ones are: Neo-Confucianism Fang, Yijing scholar Fang Dazhen, Neo-Confucianism Fang Kongying, poet Fang, thinker Fang Yizhi, scholar Fang Zhongde, mathematician Fang Zhongtong, scholar Fang, poet, writer Fang Dengfeng and so on. Writers Fang Shiju and Fang Zhenguan, founder of Tongcheng School, writer, politician and water conservancy expert Fang Guancheng, writer and governor Fang, writers Fang Zongcheng and Fang, scholars Fang Shoujia and Fang Shoudun, literary theorists, important figures in the Republic of China, "great philosopher" Fang Dongmei, writer Fang Lingru, poets and scholars, etc. Tongcheng Fangjia not only created the profound "Tongcheng Fangyi School", but also created the "Tongcheng School" which dominated the literary world in Qing Dynasty for more than 200 years. Liang Shiqiu said to Tongcheng Fangjia, a world-famous scholarly family: "Tongcheng Fangjia may be second only to Qufu Kongjia." Contemporary scholars say: "Tongcheng Fangjia is the family that has the greatest influence on China culture after Qufu Confucius House, and it is the swan song of China cultural family". Taiwan Province writer Levin praised: "Fang Jia is a first-class poet in China, with four words." In the book "Cultural Families that have Influenced China for a Hundred Years", Tongcheng Fangjia is known as the second largest cultural family in China.

Chinese surnames originated in Henan, and spread around with ancient Huizhou as the center. It is a typical southern surname, and the population center is in the southeast provinces. The most is Anhui 1 10,000, followed by about 550,000 in Zhejiang and 400,000 in Guangdong. Other provinces are Jiangxi, Fujian, Hunan, Hubei, Guangxi, Yunnan, Jiangsu and Taiwan Province. It is sparsely populated in the northern provinces. Ranked 86th in Henan Province. The most populous county and city is Huilai County, Guangdong Province, where there are170,000 ethnic groups. Other counties and cities with large population include Yunxiao County, Putian County, Chun 'an County, Tonglu County and Jinhua County, Tongcheng, Zongyang and Shexian County in Anhui Province, Xiuning, Pingjiang, Yueyang, Puning and Kaiping in Guangdong Province. The Fang family in Wenyang, South Korea, moved from Henan Province in the Central Plains in the Tang Dynasty, with a population of over 65,438+10,000. It is the founder of Hanlin in Tang Dynasty and the great Silla cultural historian Fang Zhi. Most of the Thai surnames are Chaoshan immigrants with a population of 60,000. In the Ming Dynasty, Fang Xiaoru refused to draft an imperial edict for Judy who usurped the throne. The tyrant killed 10 families, with more than 800 victims. Even the number of people exiled is as high as 10 thousand. As a result, many people surnamed Fang fled all over the country. Many people who escaped from the clutches changed their surnames to him, such as Liu, He, Cai, Zhang, Shi, Xuan, Yu and Wang. Fang surname was listed as the 35th most popular surname in Song Dynasty, with a population of about 450,000. It accounts for 0.59 in the whole country, and the Yuan Dynasty ranks 28th as the most popular surname. There were 49 in the Ming Dynasty, with a population of about 440,000. Accounting for 0.47% of the country. According to the latest statistics, Fang's population ranks 63rd in China, accounting for 0.36% of the whole country.

At the top of history, there are many elites and celebrities, and they are famous as heroes in the world. Wen Tianxiang, the champion of the Song Dynasty, praised Fang's genealogy: "Fang's appearance is in Zhou Dynasty, Han reached our dynasty, and the sound and light were prominent, while the latter was the flow. How magnificent! Su Dongpo wrote the inscription "Writing China, Spreading Poetry Rituals", and Su Xun wrote the inscription "Immortality of People in the Civil and Military Dynasties". In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the reputation of the Fang family represented by the Fang family reached its peak in Tongcheng. The China Dictionary of Names contains 242 celebrities of Fang family, accounting for 0.53% of the total number of celebrities, ranking 38th. Famous writers account for 0.8% of the total number of writers in China, ranking twenty-five; Famous doctors accounted for 0.66%, ranking third1. According to the proportion of celebrity surnames, the celebrity rate of Fang surname is 1 1, reaching 147.22%. Celebrities of past dynasties: Chow Tai Fook, Fang Shu, a famous minister in Han Dynasty, Fang Gan, a poet in Tang Dynasty, Fang La, a leader of peasant uprising in Song Dynasty, Fang Xiaoru, a scholar in Ming Dynasty, Fang Yizhi, the originator of Tongcheng School in Qing Dynasty, Fang Shengdong, a hero, Fang Zhimin, an anti-Japanese hero, and General Fang Xianjue. Fang Dongmei, the "great philosopher", is the vice chairman of the State Council.