About Fan Qin
Lived 1506 – 1585 (aged 78–79). Fan Qin was a Chinese librarian and politician.
Fan Qin (, 1506–1585, courtesy name: Yaoqing (堯卿), pseudonym: Dongming (東明)) was a politician and bibliophile of the Ming Dynasty.
Born in Ningbo in 1506, Fan Qin succeeded in the highest level of the Imperial examination in 1532 and obtained jinshi degree. In 1560, he was appointed right vice-minister of war (兵部右侍郎) under the Jiajing Emperor. Later, he resigned because of the dissatisfaction to Yan Song, the corrupt chancellor.
In 1561, Fan Qin founded Tianyi Chamber in Ningbo city, which is now the oldest existing library in China.
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Who was Fan Qin?
Chinese politician and bibliophile
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Fan Qin was born in 1506.
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Fan Qin died in 1585.
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Fan Qin was a librarian and politician.
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