Fan Zhongyan (989- 1052) was born in Suzhou. A famous politician, thinker, strategist and writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, he is honest, compassionate and upright, and advocates reform. He was repeatedly slandered by traitors and demoted several times. 1052 died in Xuzhou on May 20th at the age of 64. History, named Duke Wei of Chu. Fan Wenzheng Gong Ji has been handed down from generation to generation.