Achilles Fang
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| Born |
August 20, 1910 Japanese-occupied Korea |
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| Died | November 22, 1995 (aged 85) Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States |
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| Fields | Chinese literature, comparative literature | ||||||||||
| Institutions | Harvard University Harvard-Yenching Institute Fu Jen Catholic University |
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| Education |
Harvard University (Ph.D.) National Tsing Hua University (B.A.) American Baptist College (Shanghai) |
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| Spouses | Irene Pan (m. 1935-38, her death) Ilse Martin (m. 1948-95, his death) |
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| Children | Fang Wei-ming Bernard Wei-yin Fang Madeleine Wei-hsien Fang |
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Chinese | 方志浵 | ||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Fāng Zhìtóng |
| Gwoyeu Romatzyh | Fang Jyhtorng |
| Wade–Giles | Fang Chih-t'ung |
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.
Achilles Fang was born Fang Chih-t'ung (Fang Zhitong 方志浵) into a Chinese family living in Japanese-occupied Korea on August 20, 1910. He eventually left, with the help of a missionary, to attend high school at the American Baptist College in Shanghai. He subsequently majored in philosophy and classical studies at Tsinghua University, where he was one of the few friends of Qian Zhongshu (who would go on to write one of the best-known and most highly regarded works of modern Chinese literature, Fortress Besieged). After graduating in 1932, Fang spent two more years at Tsinghua as a graduate student, and then, within a period of four years spent in Nanjing and Beijing, was married, had a child, and suffered the death of his wife.
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