Fan Tai (355– 21 September 428According to Liu Yilong's biography in ''Book of Song'', Fan Tai died on the ''renxu'' day of the 8th month of the 5th year of the ''Yuanjia'' era of his reign. This corresponds to 21 Sep 428 on the Julian calendar. 元嘉五年)秋八月壬戌，特进、左光禄大夫范泰卒。''Song Shu'', vol.05),

courtesy name A courtesy name ( zh, s=字, p=zì, l=character), also known as a style name, is an additional name bestowed upon individuals at adulthood, complementing their given name. This tradition is prevalent in the East Asian cultural sphere, particula ...

Bolun, was an official who served under the Eastern Jin and

Liu Song Song, known as Liu Song (), Former Song (前宋) or Song of (the) Southern dynasties (南朝宋) in historiography, was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China and the first of the four Northern and Southern dynasties#Southern dynasti ...

dynasties of China. His fourth son, Fan Ye, wrote the historical text ''

Book of the Later Han The ''Book of the Later Han'', also known as the ''History of the Later Han'' and by its Chinese name ''Hou Hanshu'' (), is one of the Twenty-Four Histories and covers the history of the Han dynasty from 6 to 189 CE, a period known as the Lat ...

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References

* The Cambridge History of China, Volume 1, The Ch'in and Han Empires, 221 BC–AD 220 https://web.archive.org/web/20070927223220/http://www.cnread.net/cnread1/lszl/s/shenyue/ss/060.htm (Chinese only) 355 births 428 deaths Jin dynasty (266–420) generals Liu Song generals Chinese educators Jin dynasty (266–420) government officials Liu Song government officials Jin dynasty (266–420) essayists Northern and Southern dynasties essayists Liu Song writers {{China-mil-bio-stub