A Chinese Biographical Dictionary/Fan Yeh
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547 Fan Yeh Fan Yeh 范曄 (T. 蔚宗). Died A.D. 445. Distinguished from his youth for learning and literary ability, he compiled the History of the Eastern Han Dynasty while Governor of 宣城 Hsüan-ch'êng in Anhui. He afterwards rose to be Supervisor of Instruction to the Heir Apparent under the Emperor Wên Ti of the Sung dynasty, but was executed for his share in the treasonable designs of 孔熙先 K'ung Hsi-hsien (see T'an-ch'ien).