19 16 was admitted to Beijing Tsinghua school (now Tsinghua University) and transferred to the second grade of technical secondary school.
19 19. In the upsurge of the May 4th Movement, he devoted himself to literary propaganda, and his major was English language and literature.
1923 after graduation, Tsinghua went to study in the United States. He first entered Stanford University, studied English medieval literature under the then famous Chaucer expert Professor Tatlock, and studied the influence of China culture on Britain. Then he went to the University of California for further study.
In the winter of 1927, Professor Zhong Fang was worried about the fate of the nation and the future of the country. He returned to China from the United States in the winter of 2008. Later, introduced by Mr Wen Yiduo, a classmate of Tsinghua, he went to Nanjing Fourth Sun Yat-sen University (formerly Central University) to teach English literature.
At 193 1, Professor Zhong Fang applied for Wuhan University. Wuhan University was rebuilt from Wuchang University. At the beginning, Mr. Wen Yiduo, the head of the Department of Literature, resigned for some reason and insisted that Professor Zhong Fang be the director of the Foreign Languages Department. After more than ten years, the department has made remarkable achievements and trained a large number of talents. Through poor management, meticulous painting and advocating academic research, it has surpassed the academic circles.
From 65438 to 0944, Joseph Needham and others came to China at the request of the British Council, and invited them to give lectures in Europe again. Professor Zhong Fang, Professor Fan Cunzhong and Professor Yin Hongzhang successively went to Cambridge University, London University, Edinburgh University and Brussels University to give lectures and inspect. Visiting Professor, Trinity College, UK. During this period, after giving lectures, Professor Zhong Fang continued to study Chaucer seriously, and at the same time translated the poems of Tao Yuanming, an ancient poet in China, making contributions to the cultural exchange between China and.
From 65438 to 0947, Professor Zhong Fang returned to China and applied to teach at Zhejiang University. After the founding of New China, Professor Zhong Fang taught in Anhui University (1952), East China Normal University (1953) and Fudan University (1954-1956) successively. 1956 was rated as a second-level professor.
From 65438 to 0957, Professor Zhong Fang was transferred to teach at Shanghai International Studies University (now Shanghai International Studies University). He has served as director of the Department of Western Languages and Literature (English, German and French), head of the Department of English, and director of the Institute of Foreign Literature. From 65438 to 0964, he served as president of Shanghai Foreign Studies Society.
From 65438 to 0986, Professor Zhong Fang became the first doctoral supervisor of Shanghai International Studies University.
During the period of 1988, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Professor Zhong Fang's teaching, a grand celebration was held in Shanghai and abroad to commend him for his rigorous scholarship over the past 60 years, which has trained a large number of foreign language talents and achieved fruitful results in foreign language teaching.
1991died of a heart attack in Shanghai on March 27th.