Overview
Xindu Fang was a Mathematician and Official.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Found inBook of Northern QiBook of Wei
Life and dates
Death
- Circumstance died before Spiritual Constitution Calendar was completedDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 49, passage 46
Attested activity
- AD 515 to AD 530 信都芳Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 24, passage 120
- c. AD 520 to AD 550 魏末 / 齊代魏前Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 49, passage 33
Key source chapters
Career and standing
- Staff Officer in the Chancellor's Granary Bureau 參軍丞相倉曹AppointedDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 49, passage 38
Places and affiliations
- At Hejian 河間Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 49, passage 33; Book of Wei 24, passage 120
Learning and skills
- Skill mathematics and calculation 算術 · Level masterDirectly stated · Book of Wei 24, passage 120
- Skill calculation 算術Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 49, passages 34, 36
- Skill calendar calculation 歷書Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 49, passage 45
- Skill pitch-pipe ash testing 律管吹灰Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 49, passages 39, 41
Works and attributed material
- commentary on instrument standards 器準注Relation AnnotatorDirectly stated · Book of Wei 24, passage 121
- Books of Music 樂書Relation AuthorDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 49, passage 44
- Classic of Hidden Stem 遁甲經Relation AuthorDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 49, passage 44
- Four Arts and Gnomon of the Zhou Tradition 四術周髀宗Relation AuthorDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 49, passage 44
- Spiritual Constitution Calendar 靈憲歷Relation AuthorDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 49, passages 45-46
- Standards of Instruments 器準Relation CompilerDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 49, passage 43
Show 2 more source-backed claims
- Self assessment · Speaker · Direct quotation · Topic subtlety of calculationDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 49, passage 36
- Technical claim · Speaker · Direct quotation · Topic need for Henei reed-ashDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 49, passage 40
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment extreme concentration on calculation · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Northern Qi 49, passages 35-37
References in the histories
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