Fan Zhi | |
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| 1st Chancellor of the Song dynasty | |
| In office 5 March 960 – 26 February 964 Serving with Wang Pu and Wei Renpu | |
| Monarch | Emperor Taizu of Song |
| Succeeded by | Zhao Pu |
| Chancellor of the Later Zhou dynasty | |
| In office 27 July 951[1] – 3 February 960 | |
| Monarchs | Guo Wei Chai Rong Chai Zongxun |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 911 or January 912[2][3] likely Zongcheng, Later Liang[3] (in today's Wei County, Hebei) |
| Died | 5 November 964 (aged 52–53)[4][5] Kaifeng, Henan, China |
| Children | Fan Min (范旻), son |
| Occupation | Essayist, historian, jurist, politician |
| Full name | Surname: Fàn (范) Given name: Zhì (質) Courtesy name: Wénsù (文素) |
| Father | Fan Shouyu (范守遇) |
| Fan Zhi | |||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 范質 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 范质 | ||||||||||||||
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Fàn Zhi (Chinese: 范質) (c. 911[2] – 5 November 964[6]), formally the Duke of Lu (魯國公), was a Chinese essayist, historian, jurist, and politician who served under 12 emperors of 6 dynasties during imperial China's Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period and the subsequent Song dynasty. He was the Later Zhou chancellor from 951 until 960, and the Song dynasty chancellor from 960 until 964, not long before his death. A strict adherent to legal guidelines, he had influenced Later Zhou and Song rulers to rely more on civil administration in an age dominated by the military. Fàn was a member of the elite Fàn family.