Song Fanghu was born in Huating (now Songjiang County, Shanghai). In the early years of Zheng Zhi (134 1 ~ 1368), he once lived in Qiantang (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang) and traveled around. Later, due to the "mutiny at sea, the northwest counties were invaded and slaughtered, and the people were compiled by the dead." He moved to Huating and lived in the west of Yinghu Lake. "There are some trees in the room, which are sparse and open. They are bright during the day and at night, just like a cave." There is a ostentatious stone and a gloomy but gloomy wood. Beggars won the victory of' Square Pot' with unequal cold demeanor and weak water, and named it' Xie'. In particular, "the first cloud, on the verge of giving birth, does not ask for anything else. It is enough to sit in the' square basin' or play chess every day." In addition, it is said that there is a fairy mountain called "Square Pot", and Song Zizheng's "Random fun is not a square pot but a square pot". It can be seen that he has lived in seclusion for many years. (See "Fang Hu Ji" in "Jiang Bei Ji") Style of works

In his songs, he poured out his dissatisfaction with the society in the Yuan Dynasty, his contempt for officialdom, his hatred for traitors, his sympathy for prostitutes at the lower level and his support for the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Mingquan's Taihe Yin Zhengpu listed it in Linz Yingjie 150 people.