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{{short description|5th century Chinese historian}}{{family name hatnote|Fan|lang=Chinese}}{{Chinese|title=Fan Ye|t=范曄|s=范晔|p=Fàn Yè|w=Fan Yeh}}Fan Ye (398According to Fan Ye’s biography in Book of Song, he was 48 (by East Asian reckoning) when he died. (...诸所连及，并伏诛。晔时年四十八。) Song Shu, vol.69. Thus by calculation, his birth year should be 398. – 23 January 446According to Liu Yilong’s biography in Book of Song, Fan Ye and his accomplices were executed on the yiwei day of the 12th month of the 22nd year of the Yuan’jia era. This corresponds to 23 Jan 446 on the Julian calendar. [(元嘉二十二年)十二月乙未，太子詹事范晔谋反，及党与皆伏诛.] Song Shu, vol.05), courtesy name Weizong (蔚宗), was a Chinese historian, philosopher, and politician of the Liu Song dynasty during the Southern and Northern dynasties period. He was the compiler of the historical text Book of the Later Han. The fourthThe age order of Fan Ye and his brothers was listed in Fan Tai’s biography in Book of Song (volume 60) son of Fan Tai (范泰), Fan Ye was born in present-day Shaoxing, Zhejiang, but his ancestral home was in Nanyang, Henan. After his birth, he was made heir of another male relative Fan Hongzhi (范弘之).Fan Hongzhi has a biography in volume 91 of Book of Jin.He was a noted atheist who heavily criticised Buddhism, Yin and Yang, and the concept of the Mandate of Heaven. To this end, he cited Zhang Heng’s scientific studies as evidence.In January 446, Fan Ye was accused of rebellion and executed, along with many associates. His son Fan Ai (范蔼) was also not spared.

Appearance and personality

The Book of Song described Fan as “less than seven chi in height, fat and dark in complexion, with no eyebrows or beard”.(晔长不满七尺，肥黑，秃眉须。) Song Shu, vol. 69 When Fan Ye was young, his elder brother Fan Yan (范晏) frequently mentioned that Fan Ye was drawn towards advancing his interests and that this habit would bring disaster to their clan, which was what eventually happened.(晔少时，兄晏常云：“此儿进利，终破门户。“终如晏言。) Song Shu, vol.69

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Sources

• Tan, Jiajian, 203.72.198.245/web/Content.asp?ID=63864&Query=1" title="web.archive.org/web/20070929105821203.72.198.245/web/Content.asp?ID=63864&Query=1">“Hou Hanshu” (“Book of Later Han“). Encyclopedia of China (Chinese Literature Edition), 1st ed.

Further reading

• Yap, Joseph P. (2019). The Western Regions, Xiongnu and Han, from the Shiji, Hanshu and Hou Hanshu. {{ISBN|978-1792829154}}.

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