A Chinese Biographical Dictionary/Fang Hsien

by Herbert A. Giles

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Fang Hsien Fang Hsien 方顯 (T. 周謨. H. 敬齋). A.D. 1676-1741. Noted for having first brought under regular civil government the aboriginal tribes occupying territory in southern Kueichou. In 1731 he was promoted to be Judge, and in 1732 he built the city of 台拱 T'ai-kung, which he held during a local rebellion for sixty-nine days against overwhelming odds. He subsequently became Governor of Ssŭch'uan and Kuangsi, but was forced by failing sight to retire into private life. He wrote an account of his operations against the Miao-tzŭ.