Achilles C. Fang | |||||||||||
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| Born | August 20, 1910 | ||||||||||
| Died | November 22, 1995 (aged 85) | ||||||||||
| Education | Harvard University (Ph.D.) National Tsing Hua University (B.A.) American Baptist College (Shanghai) | ||||||||||
| Spouses | Irene Pan (m. 1935-38, her death) Ilse Martin (m. 1948-95, his death) | ||||||||||
| Children | Fang Wei-ming Bernard Wei-yin Fang Madeleine Wei-hsien Fang | ||||||||||
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| Fields | Chinese literature, comparative literature | ||||||||||
| Institutions | Harvard University Harvard-Yenching Institute Fu Jen Catholic University | ||||||||||
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| Chinese | 方志浵 | ||||||||||
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Achilles Chih-t'ung Fang (Chinese: 方志浵; August 20, 1910 – November 22, 1995) was a Chinese scholar, translator, and educator, best known for his contributions to Chinese literature and comparative literature. Fang was born in Japanese-occupied Korea, but attended university in mainland China. After completing his undergraduate degree, Fang worked for Monumenta Serica, a prominent scholarly journal of Chinese topics. He then moved to the United States, where he took up residency in Cambridge, Massachusetts, studying and teaching courses at Harvard University.
Fang was widely learned, and specialized in comparative literature, particularly in the studies of Chinese and German literature. His correspondence with Ezra Pound significantly influenced Pound's understanding of Chinese subjects, and his doctoral dissertation on Pound, an attempt to compile all the classical allusions in The Cantos, remains an important source for Pound scholars.[1]