Fan Chengda, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Chinese writer and scholar
Date of Birth: 26-Jun-1126
Place of Birth: Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Date of Death: 01-Jan-1193
Profession: poet, cartographer
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Fan Chengda
- Fan Chengda (Chinese: ???; pinyin: Fà n Chéngdà ; Wade–Giles: Fan Ch'eng-ta, 1126–1193), courtesy name Zhineng (??), was a Chinese geographer, poet, and politician.
- Known as one of the best-known Chinese poets of the Song Dynasty, he served as a government official, and was an academic authority in geography, especially the southern provinces of China.
- His written work also falls under the literary category of 'travel record literature' (yóujì wénxué), a narrative and prose style approach to writing about one's travel experiences, which was popular in China during the Song Dynasty.
- He, along with Yang Wanli, Lu You, and You Mao, are considered to be the "four masters" of Southern Song dynasty poetry.
- FÃ n was also a member of a cadet branch of the elite FÃ n family.
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