Professor Fang Zhiyuan, Dean of the School of History, Culture and Tourism of Jiangxi Normal University, appeared in CCTV 10 Channel "Lecture Room" and gave a lecture on "The Past of Daming Jiajing" in this influential program in China. At the invitation of Lecture Room 20 1 1, he gave a lecture on "The Rise and Fall of Wanli" (premiered on 20 1 1, 1 October 8). At 20 13, 13, 13, 13, 13, 20 13, 13. Representative works include State Power Structure and Operation Mechanism in Ming Dynasty, Population Mobility and Urban and Rural Commodity Economy in Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi Provinces in Ming and Qing Dynasties, Literature of Cities and Citizens in Ming Dynasty, Jiangyou Merchants in Ming and Qing Dynasties, etc. There are also three biographies, namely, Biography of Emperor Chenghua (Ming Dynasty), Biography of Su Dongpo and Biography of Wang Yangming. In addition, he has published more than 50 academic papers and more than 100 historical papers and comments in China Social Sciences, Historical Studies, Literature and History, and China Historical Studies, and assisted in compiling 1 1 Volume General History of Jiangxi.

As a director of China Historical Society, vice president of China Ming History Society, president of Jiangxi Historical Society, and an expert of the subject evaluation group of the National Social Science Fund, he presided over many research projects such as the National Social Science Fund, the Huaxia Talent Fund and the Jiangxi Social Science Planning Project. At present, he is in charge of the national social science fund project "The Formation of Diversified Society in Ming Dynasty and National Response" and the project "Jiangxi Merchants and Jiangxi Immigrants Research" entrusted by Jiangxi Provincial Government. In addition, he is a visiting professor at the National national cheng kung university of Taiwan Province Province.